#E5D04C#E5D04C
#E5D04C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.150 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5D04C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 208, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 75%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 67%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 66.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.07, -7.42, 65.49) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.07, 65.91, 96.46°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.15% -0.0263 0.1472) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.15% 0.15 100.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.1759, 62.2941, 15.9010) |
| Luminance | 0.6229 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.82
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.19
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.32
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.52
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.55
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 5.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5D04C #4C61E5
analogous
#E5844C #E5D04C #ADE54C
triadic
#E5D04C #4CE5D0 #D04CE5
tetradic
#E5D04C #4CE584 #4C61E5 #E54CAD
square
#E5D04C #4CE584 #4C61E5 #E54CAD
split-complementary
#E5D04C #4CADE5 #844CE5
monochromatic
#9F8D17 #D5BC1F #E5D04C #EDDE81 #F5ECB7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#E5D04C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.46
#E5D04C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5D04C
13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5D04C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5D04C | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.46 | 13.46 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E3CA3A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D254
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C1B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5d04c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 208, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.150 100.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1de85',
500: '#e5d04c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5d04c; $custom-light: #f1de85; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5d04c",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 208,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.765,
"s": 74.634,
"l": 59.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85153,
"c": 0.14957,
"h": 100.1
},
"luminance": 0.62292
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5D04C
secondary
#3342A2
accent
#50F137
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFCF2
border
#D7D5CC
text
#17150B
muted
#85847E