#E5D15A#E5D15A

#E5D15A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.140 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D15A
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.44, -7.08, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.44, 60.44, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.0238 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.14 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.9613, 62.9995, 18.8306)
Luminance	0.6300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D15A #5A6EE5

analogous

#E58C5A #E5D15A #B3E55A

triadic

#E5D15A #5AE5D1 #D15AE5

tetradic

#E5D15A #5AE58C #5A6EE5 #E55AB3

square

#E5D15A #5AE58C #5A6EE5 #E55AB3

split-complementary

#E5D15A #5AB3E5 #8C5AE5

monochromatic

#AA951B #DDC225 #E5D15A #EDE08F #F6EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#E5D15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D15A

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D15A	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.140 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8d',
    500: '#e5d15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d15a;
$custom-light: #f0de8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85485,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D15A

secondary

#3848AB

accent

#2DD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D15A

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

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