Information about #E5CD59 color

#E5CD59 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#E5CD59 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(229, 205, 89) — 89.8% red, 80.4% green, 34.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 9 / 55 / 10. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #E5CD59 reads as a strongly colored golden yellow and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Brilliant Gold (#E7D551). Slightly further away sit Brilliant Amber (#E7C251) and Starbell (#EBC155).

The recipe behind #E5CD59 is rgb(229, 205, 89), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 13.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #E5CD59 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#E5CD59 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#E5CD59 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#E5CD59 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#E5CD59 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#E5CD59 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#E5CD59 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #E5CD59

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Brilliant Gold color link
Brilliant Gold

#E7D551

Brilliant Amber color link
Brilliant Amber

#E7C251

Starbell color link
Starbell

#EBC155

Portica color link
Portica

#F0D555

Soft Gold color link
Soft Gold

#E0CD67

Creme De Banane color link
Creme De Banane

#E0C161

Festival color link
Festival

#EACC4A

Maize color link
Maize

#F4D054

Pastel Deep Gold color link
Pastel Deep Gold

#E5C768

Dull Yellow color link
Dull Yellow

#EEDC5B

Bardot color link
Bardot

#F3C762

Cream Can color link
Cream Can

#EEC051

#E5CD59 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E5CD59
  • RGB229, 205, 89
  • CMYK0, 9, 55, 10
  • CSSrgb(229, 205, 89)
  • HSL50°, 73%, 62%
  • HSL Precise49.714°, 72.917%, 62.353%
  • HSV50°, 61%, 90%
  • HSB50°, 61%, 90%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.898
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.804
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.349
  • GLSLvec3(0.898, 0.804, 0.349)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.898, 0.804, 0.349, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.898, 0.804, 0.349)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB89.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB80.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB34.9%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDE5CD59
  • DECIMAL ID15060313
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers25 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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