#E5DD6C#E5DD6C

#E5DD6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.135 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD6C
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 108)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 52.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.73, -11.80, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.73, 56.90, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(88.15% -0.0353 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(88.15% 0.135 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.8781, 69.4555, 24.3839)
Luminance	0.6945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD6C #6C74E5

analogous

#E5A06C #E5DD6C #B0E56C

triadic

#E5DD6C #6CE5DD #DD6CE5

tetradic

#E5DD6C #6CE5A0 #6C74E5 #E56CB0

square

#E5DD6C #6CE5A0 #6C74E5 #E56CB0

split-complementary

#E5DD6C #6CB0E5 #A06CE5

monochromatic

#B6AC20 #DCD138 #E5DD6C #EEE9A0 #F7F5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DD6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#E5DD6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD6C

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD6C	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)

#EDD661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.135 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e799',
    500: '#e5dd6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd6c;
$custom-light: #f0e799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 69.942,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88151,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD6C

secondary

#3F47B7

accent

#20D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD6C

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

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