#E5D160#E5D160

#E5D160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D160
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.50, -6.67, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.50, 57.81, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.0219 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.2270, 63.1058, 20.2303)
Luminance	0.6310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D160 #6074E5

analogous

#E58E60 #E5D160 #B7E560

triadic

#E5D160 #60E5D1 #D160E5

tetradic

#E5D160 #60E58E #6074E5 #E560B7

square

#E5D160 #60E58E #6074E5 #E560B7

split-complementary

#E5D160 #60B7E5 #8E60E5

monochromatic

#AE981C #DCC22B #E5D160 #EEE095 #F6EFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#E5D160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D160

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D160	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de91',
    500: '#e5d160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d160;
$custom-light: #f0de91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85547,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D160

secondary

#3A4CAF

accent

#2FD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D160

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

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