#E5DD79#E5DD79

#E5DD79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.123 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD79
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.88, -10.68, 49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.88, 50.87, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(88.32% -0.0308 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(88.32% 0.123 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.6222, 69.7532, 28.3031)
Luminance	0.6975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD79 #7981E5

analogous

#E5A779 #E5DD79 #B7E579

triadic

#E5DD79 #79E5DD #DD79E5

tetradic

#E5DD79 #79E5A7 #7981E5 #E579B7

square

#E5DD79 #79E5A7 #7981E5 #E579B7

split-complementary

#E5DD79 #79B7E5 #A779E5

monochromatic

#BFB325 #DBD046 #E5DD79 #EFEAAC #F9F7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E5DD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#E5DD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD79

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD79	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.123 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe7a2',
    500: '#e5dd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd79;
$custom-light: #efe7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88315,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD79

secondary

#464EBD

accent

#24CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD79

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

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