#E5D15B#E5D15B

#E5D15B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.139 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D15B
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, -7.01, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 60.01, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.0235 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.139 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.0041, 63.0167, 19.0563)
Luminance	0.6301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D15B #5B6FE5

analogous

#E58C5B #E5D15B #B4E55B

triadic

#E5D15B #5BE5D1 #D15BE5

tetradic

#E5D15B #5BE58C #5B6FE5 #E55BB4

square

#E5D15B #5BE58C #5B6FE5 #E55BB4

split-complementary

#E5D15B #5BB4E5 #8C5BE5

monochromatic

#AB961B #DDC226 #E5D15B #EDE090 #F6EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#E5D15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D15B

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D15B	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)

#E3CC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.139 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8e',
    500: '#e5d15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d15b;
$custom-light: #f0de8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85495,
    "c": 0.13893,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D15B

secondary

#3849AC

accent

#2DD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D15B

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

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