#E5DD72#E5DD72

#E5DD72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.129 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD72
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 50.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.79, -11.30, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.79, 54.15, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(88.22% -0.0333 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(88.22% 0.129 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.2085, 69.5877, 26.1238)
Luminance	0.6959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD72 #727AE5

analogous

#E5A472 #E5DD72 #B4E572

triadic

#E5DD72 #72E5DD #DD72E5

tetradic

#E5DD72 #72E5A4 #727AE5 #E572B4

square

#E5DD72 #72E5A4 #727AE5 #E572B4

split-complementary

#E5DD72 #72B4E5 #A472E5

monochromatic

#BAB022 #DBD13E #E5DD72 #EFE9A6 #F8F6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#E5DD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD72

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD72	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.129 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe79d',
    500: '#e5dd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd72;
$custom-light: #efe79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88224,
    "c": 0.12948,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD72

secondary

#4149BA

accent

#22D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD72

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

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