#E5D15D#E5D15D

#E5D15D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D15D
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.47, -6.88, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.47, 59.13, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.0229 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.137 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.0916, 63.0516, 19.5167)
Luminance	0.6305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D15D #5D71E5

analogous

#E58D5D #E5D15D #B5E55D

triadic

#E5D15D #5DE5D1 #D15DE5

tetradic

#E5D15D #5DE58D #5D71E5 #E55DB5

square

#E5D15D #5DE58D #5D71E5 #E55DB5

split-complementary

#E5D15D #5DB5E5 #8D5DE5

monochromatic

#AC971C #DDC228 #E5D15D #EDE092 #F6EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D15D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#E5D15D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D15D

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D15D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D15D	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)

#E3CC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d15d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.137 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8f',
    500: '#e5d15d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d15d;
$custom-light: #f0de8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d15d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85515,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D15D

secondary

#394AAD

accent

#2ED411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D15D

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

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