#E5DD74#E5DD74

#E5DD74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.128 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD74
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 116)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 49.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.82, -11.13, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.82, 53.22, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(88.25% -0.0326 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(88.25% 0.128 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.3235, 69.6337, 26.7299)
Luminance	0.6963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD74 #747CE5

analogous

#E5A474 #E5DD74 #B5E574

triadic

#E5DD74 #74E5DD #DD74E5

tetradic

#E5DD74 #74E5A4 #747CE5 #E574B5

square

#E5DD74 #74E5A4 #747CE5 #E574B5

split-complementary

#E5DD74 #74B5E5 #A474E5

monochromatic

#BCB123 #DBD040 #E5DD74 #EFEAA8 #F8F6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#E5DD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD74

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD74	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD66B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.128 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe79e',
    500: '#e5dd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd74;
$custom-light: #efe79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.752,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88249,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD74

secondary

#424BBB

accent

#22D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD74

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

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