#E5D14F#E5D14F

#E5D14F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.148 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D14F
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 65.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.35, -7.76, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.35, 65.03, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.38% -0.027 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(85.38% 0.148 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.5273, 62.8259, 16.5447)
Luminance	0.6282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D14F #4F63E5

analogous

#E5864F #E5D14F #AEE54F

triadic

#E5D14F #4FE5D1 #D14FE5

tetradic

#E5D14F #4FE586 #4F63E5 #E54FAE

square

#E5D14F #4FE586 #4F63E5 #E54FAE

split-complementary

#E5D14F #4FAEE5 #864FE5

monochromatic

#A28F18 #D7BF20 #E5D14F #EDDF84 #F5EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E5D14F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#E5D14F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D14F

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D14F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D14F	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)

#E4CB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d14f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.148 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de87',
    500: '#e5d14f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d14f;
$custom-light: #f1de87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d14f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 74.257,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85383,
    "c": 0.14824,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D14F

secondary

#3443A4

accent

#2AD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D14F

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

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