#E5DD6A#E5DD6A

#E5DD6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.137 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD6A
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 106)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 53.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.71, -11.96, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.71, 57.81, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(88.13% -0.036 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(88.13% 0.137 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.7729, 69.4134, 23.8297)
Luminance	0.6941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD6A #6A72E5

analogous

#E5A06A #E5DD6A #AFE56A

triadic

#E5DD6A #6AE5DD #DD6AE5

tetradic

#E5DD6A #6AE5A0 #6A72E5 #E56AAF

square

#E5DD6A #6AE5A0 #6A72E5 #E56AAF

split-complementary

#E5DD6A #6AAFE5 #A06AE5

monochromatic

#B5AB20 #DCD136 #E5DD6A #EEE99E #F7F5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DD6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#E5DD6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD6A

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD6A	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD65F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.137 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e798',
    500: '#e5dd6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd6a;
$custom-light: #f0e798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88128,
    "c": 0.13699,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD6A

secondary

#3E46B5

accent

#20D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD6A

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

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