#E5BD41#E5BD41

#E5BD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.144 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BD41
RGB	rgb(229, 189, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 71.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, 1.79, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 64.85, 88.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0012 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.144 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.4677, 53.4380, 12.6037)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BD41 #4169E5

analogous

#E56B41 #E5BD41 #BBE541

triadic

#E5BD41 #41E5BD #BD41E5

tetradic

#E5BD41 #41E56B #4169E5 #E541BB

square

#E5BD41 #41E56B #4169E5 #E541BB

split-complementary

#E5BD41 #41BBE5 #6B41E5

monochromatic

#977715 #CDA21C #E5BD41 #ECD077 #F4E2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E5BD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#E5BD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BD41

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BD41	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bd41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 189, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.144 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d07d',
    500: '#e5bd41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bd41;
$custom-light: #f1d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bd41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 75.926,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81223,
    "c": 0.14394,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BD41

secondary

#2F4A9B

accent

#63F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BD41

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

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