#E5D080#E5D080
#E5D080 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.103 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5D080 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 208, 128) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 66%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 44%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 44.1%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.62, -3.42, 42.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.62, 42.41, 94.63°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.76% -0.0092 0.1024) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.76% 0.103 95.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.7668, 63.3304, 29.5463) |
| Luminance | 0.6333 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 1.72
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.36
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.51
Khaki (CSS)
#F0E68C
ΔE00 5.72
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 6.12
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 6.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5D080 #8095E5
analogous
#E59E80 #E5D080 #C7E580
triadic
#E5D080 #80E5D0 #D080E5
tetradic
#E5D080 #80E59E #8095E5 #E580C7
square
#E5D080 #80E59E #8095E5 #E580C7
split-complementary
#E5D080 #80C7E5 #9E80E5
monochromatic
#C3A328 #DBBD4D #E5D080 #EFE3B3 #FAF6E6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.54
#E5D080 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.67
#E5D080 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5D080
13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5D080 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5D080 | 1.00 | 1.54 | 13.67 | 13.67 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.54 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.67 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.67 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFCC7A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D383
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3C5BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5d080; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 208, 128); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.103 95.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efdea6',
500: '#e5d080',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5d080; $custom-light: #efdea6; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5d080",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 208,
"b": 128
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.525,
"s": 66.013,
"l": 70
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85762,
"c": 0.10285,
"h": 95.1
},
"luminance": 0.63328
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5D080
secondary
#4C64BD
accent
#3ECE18
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF6
border
#D6D5D0
text
#17150F
muted
#858480