#E5D05A#E5D05A

#E5D05A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.139 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D05A
RGB	rgb(229, 208, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -6.57, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 60.10, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(85.28% -0.0224 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(85.28% 0.139 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.7167, 62.5104, 18.7491)
Luminance	0.6251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D05A #5A6FE5

analogous

#E58A5A #E5D05A #B5E55A

triadic

#E5D05A #5AE5D0 #D05AE5

tetradic

#E5D05A #5AE58A #5A6FE5 #E55AB5

square

#E5D05A #5AE58A #5A6FE5 #E55AB5

split-complementary

#E5D05A #5AB5E5 #8A5AE5

monochromatic

#AA941B #DDC125 #E5D05A #EDDF8F #F6EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E5D05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#E5D05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D05A

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D05A	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 208, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.139 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8d',
    500: '#e5d05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d05a;
$custom-light: #f0de8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8528,
    "c": 0.13892,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D05A

secondary

#3849AB

accent

#2ED511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D05A

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

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