#E5D05E#E5D05E

#E5D05E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D05E
RGB	rgb(229, 208, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.22, -6.30, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.22, 58.35, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.0211 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(56.8916, 62.5803, 19.6700)
Luminance	0.6258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D05E #5E73E5

analogous

#E58C5E #E5D05E #B6E55E

triadic

#E5D05E #5EE5D0 #D05EE5

tetradic

#E5D05E #5EE58C #5E73E5 #E55EB6

square

#E5D05E #5EE58C #5E73E5 #E55EB6

split-complementary

#E5D05E #5EB6E5 #8C5EE5

monochromatic

#AD961C #DCC129 #E5D05E #EEDF93 #F6EFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E5D05E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#E5D05E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D05E

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D05E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D05E	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d05e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 208, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de90',
    500: '#e5d05e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d05e;
$custom-light: #f0de90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d05e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85321,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.62578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D05E

secondary

#394BAE

accent

#30D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D05E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →