#E5D163#E5D163

#E5D163 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D163
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 56.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.53, -6.45, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.53, 56.47, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% -0.021 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.3678, 63.1621, 20.9716)
Luminance	0.6316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D163 #6377E5

analogous

#E59063 #E5D163 #B8E563

triadic

#E5D163 #63E5D1 #D163E5

tetradic

#E5D163 #63E590 #6377E5 #E563B8

square

#E5D163 #63E590 #6377E5 #E563B8

split-complementary

#E5D163 #63B8E5 #9063E5

monochromatic

#B09A1D #DCC22F #E5D163 #EEE097 #F6F0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#E5D163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D163

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D163	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de93',
    500: '#e5d163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d163;
$custom-light: #f0de93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8558,
    "c": 0.13211,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D163

secondary

#3B4DB1

accent

#30D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D163

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

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