#E5DD6B#E5DD6B

#E5DD6B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.136 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD6B
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 107)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 53.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.72, -11.88, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.72, 57.36, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(88.14% -0.0357 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(88.14% 0.136 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.8252, 69.4343, 24.1052)
Luminance	0.6943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD6B #6B73E5

analogous

#E5A06B #E5DD6B #B0E56B

triadic

#E5DD6B #6BE5DD #DD6BE5

tetradic

#E5DD6B #6BE5A0 #6B73E5 #E56BB0

square

#E5DD6B #6BE5A0 #6B73E5 #E56BB0

split-complementary

#E5DD6B #6BB0E5 #A06BE5

monochromatic

#B6AC20 #DCD137 #E5DD6B #EEE99F #F7F5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DD6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#E5DD6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD6B

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD6B	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.136 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e798',
    500: '#e5dd6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd6b;
$custom-light: #f0e798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8814,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD6B

secondary

#3E46B6

accent

#20D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD6B

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

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