#E5D161#E5D161

#E5D161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.134 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D161
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.51, -6.59, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.51, 57.36, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(85.56% -0.0216 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(85.56% 0.134 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.2734, 63.1244, 20.4743)
Luminance	0.6312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D161 #6175E5

analogous

#E58F61 #E5D161 #B7E561

triadic

#E5D161 #61E5D1 #D161E5

tetradic

#E5D161 #61E58F #6175E5 #E561B7

square

#E5D161 #61E58F #6175E5 #E561B7

split-complementary

#E5D161 #61B7E5 #8F61E5

monochromatic

#AF991D #DCC22C #E5D161 #EEE096 #F6F0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#E5D161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D161

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D161	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)

#E3CC56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.134 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de91',
    500: '#e5d161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d161;
$custom-light: #f0de91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85558,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D161

secondary

#3A4CB0

accent

#2FD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D161

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

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