#E5D164#E5D164

#E5D164 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.131 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D164
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 100)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 56.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -6.37, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 56.02, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(85.59% -0.0207 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(85.59% 0.131 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.4159, 63.1814, 21.2250)
Luminance	0.6318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D164 #6478E5

analogous

#E59164 #E5D164 #B8E564

triadic

#E5D164 #64E5D1 #D164E5

tetradic

#E5D164 #64E591 #6478E5 #E564B8

square

#E5D164 #64E591 #6478E5 #E564B8

split-complementary

#E5D164 #64B8E5 #9164E5

monochromatic

#B19A1E #DCC130 #E5D164 #EEE198 #F7F0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#E5D164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D164

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D164	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.131 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de93',
    500: '#e5d164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d164;
$custom-light: #f0de93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 71.271,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85591,
    "c": 0.13122,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D164

secondary

#3B4EB2

accent

#30D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D164

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

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