#E5D04E#E5D04E

#E5D04E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.148 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D04E
RGB	rgb(229, 208, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.08, -7.31, 64.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.08, 65.11, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.0258 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.148 100)
XYZ	xyz(56.2466, 62.3223, 16.2729)
Luminance	0.6232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D04E #4E63E5

analogous

#E5854E #E5D04E #AEE54E

triadic

#E5D04E #4EE5D0 #D04EE5

tetradic

#E5D04E #4EE585 #4E63E5 #E54EAE

square

#E5D04E #4EE585 #4E63E5 #E54EAE

split-complementary

#E5D04E #4EAEE5 #854EE5

monochromatic

#A18E18 #D6BD1F #E5D04E #EDDE83 #F5ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E5D04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#E5D04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D04E

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D04E	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)

#E3CA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 208, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.148 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de86',
    500: '#e5d04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d04e;
$custom-light: #f1de86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.656,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85169,
    "c": 0.14815,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.6232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D04E

secondary

#3443A4

accent

#2BD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D04E

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

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