#E5D15C#E5D15C

#E5D15C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.138 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D15C
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -6.94, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 59.57, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.0232 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.138 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.0476, 63.0340, 19.2850)
Luminance	0.6303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D15C #5C70E5

analogous

#E58C5C #E5D15C #B4E55C

triadic

#E5D15C #5CE5D1 #D15CE5

tetradic

#E5D15C #5CE58C #5C70E5 #E55CB4

square

#E5D15C #5CE58C #5C70E5 #E55CB4

split-complementary

#E5D15C #5CB4E5 #8C5CE5

monochromatic

#AB961B #DDC227 #E5D15C #EDE091 #F6EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D15C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#E5D15C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D15C

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D15C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D15C	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d15c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.138 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8e',
    500: '#e5d15c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d15c;
$custom-light: #f0de8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d15c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85505,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D15C

secondary

#3849AD

accent

#2DD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D15C

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

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