#E5D06A#E5D06A
#E5D06A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.125 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5D06A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 208, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 70%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 54%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 53.7%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.34, -5.40, 52.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.34, 52.92, 95.85°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.46% -0.0172 0.1237) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.46% 0.125 97.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.4725, 62.8127, 22.7296) |
| Luminance | 0.6281 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.69
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.15
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.13
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.19
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.43
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.58
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5D06A #6A7FE5
analogous
#E5926A #E5D06A #BCE56A
triadic
#E5D06A #6AE5D0 #D06AE5
tetradic
#E5D06A #6AE592 #6A7FE5 #E56ABC
square
#E5D06A #6AE592 #6A7FE5 #E56ABC
split-complementary
#E5D06A #6ABCE5 #926AE5
monochromatic
#B59C20 #DCC036 #E5D06A #EEE09E #F7F1D2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.55
#E5D06A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.56
#E5D06A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5D06A
13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5D06A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5D06A | 1.00 | 1.55 | 13.56 | 13.56 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.55 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1CB60
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D36F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5C3B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5d06a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 208, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.125 97.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0de97',
500: '#e5d06a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5d06a; $custom-light: #f0de97; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5d06a",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 208,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.756,
"s": 70.286,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85458,
"c": 0.12489,
"h": 97.9
},
"luminance": 0.6281
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5D06A
secondary
#3E52B5
accent
#34D213
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F