Palettes / Colors / #E5CD8A

#E5CD8A — Light Yellow

#E5CD8A is a yellow color we call Light Yellow, closest to the named color BurlyWood (#DEB887). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: burlywood (#DEB887) — not an exact match. CSS burlywood gives you #DEB887, a different color; use #E5CD8A when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#E5CD8A is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #8AA2E5; it also sits naturally between #E59F8A and #D0E58A. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 90% · Green 80% · Blue 54%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 40% · Key 10%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #E5CD8A

.text { color: #E5CD8A; }
.background { background-color: #E5CD8A; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E5CD8A; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(229, 205, 138); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(44, 64%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E5CD8A; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(229, 205, 138, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E5CD8A; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(229, 205, 138, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E5CD8A">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E5CD8A">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #8AA2E5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E5CD8A: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E5CD8A

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #E5CD8A looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E5CD8A rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E5CD89  ·  #E5CD8B →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E5CD8A?

#E5CD8A is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 229, 205, 138). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E5CD8A?

#E5CD8A is RGB 229, 205, 138 — HSL 44°, 64%, 72% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 40%, 10%.

What colors go with #E5CD8A?

Its complement is #8AA2E5; analogous partners are #E59F8A and #D0E58A. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E5CD8A for text?

Black text on #E5CD8A has a contrast ratio of 13.43:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.56:1.