#E5D04F#E5D04F

#E5D04F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.147 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D04F
RGB	rgb(229, 208, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 65.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, -7.25, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 64.71, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.18% -0.0255 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(85.18% 0.147 100)
XYZ	xyz(56.2827, 62.3368, 16.4632)
Luminance	0.6233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D04F #4F64E5

analogous

#E5854F #E5D04F #AFE54F

triadic

#E5D04F #4FE5D0 #D04FE5

tetradic

#E5D04F #4FE585 #4F64E5 #E54FAF

square

#E5D04F #4FE585 #4F64E5 #E54FAF

split-complementary

#E5D04F #4FAFE5 #854FE5

monochromatic

#A28E18 #D7BD20 #E5D04F #EDDE84 #F5ECBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E5D04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#E5D04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D04F

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D04F	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 208, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.147 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de86',
    500: '#e5d04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d04f;
$custom-light: #f1de86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 74.257,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85178,
    "c": 0.14742,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.62334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D04F

secondary

#3444A4

accent

#2BD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D04F

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

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