#E5DD66#E5DD66

#E5DD66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.141 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD66
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 102)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.67, -12.26, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.67, 59.59, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(88.08% -0.0373 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(88.08% 0.141 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.5697, 69.3321, 22.7597)
Luminance	0.6933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD66 #666EE5

analogous

#E59D66 #E5DD66 #AEE566

triadic

#E5DD66 #66E5DD #DD66E5

tetradic

#E5DD66 #66E59D #666EE5 #E566AE

square

#E5DD66 #66E59D #666EE5 #E566AE

split-complementary

#E5DD66 #66AEE5 #9D66E5

monochromatic

#B2A91E #DCD132 #E5DD66 #EEE99A #F7F4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#E5DD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD66

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD66	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.141 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e795',
    500: '#e5dd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd66;
$custom-light: #f0e795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88083,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD66

secondary

#3C44B3

accent

#1FD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD66

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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