#E5DD99#E5DD99

#E5DD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.087 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD99
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 33.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.33, -7.31, 34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.33, 35.19, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.82% -0.0186 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(88.82% 0.087 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.9200, 70.6723, 40.4048)
Luminance	0.7067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD99 #99A1E5

analogous

#E5B799 #E5DD99 #C7E599

triadic

#E5DD99 #99E5DD #DD99E5

tetradic

#E5DD99 #99E5B7 #99A1E5 #E599C7

square

#E5DD99 #99E5B7 #99A1E5 #E599C7

split-complementary

#E5DD99 #99C7E5 #B799E5

monochromatic

#CCBC37 #D9CD68 #E5DD99 #F1EDCA #F9F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E5DD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#E5DD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD99

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD99	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDD9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.087 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee7b7',
    500: '#e5dd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd99;
$custom-light: #eee7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88818,
    "c": 0.08748,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD99

secondary

#636DBF

accent

#30C71E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD99

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

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