#E5D165#E5D165

#E5D165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.130 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D165
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.55, -6.30, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.55, 55.56, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.0203 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.13 99)
XYZ	xyz(57.4646, 63.2009, 21.4815)
Luminance	0.6320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D165 #6579E5

analogous

#E59165 #E5D165 #B9E565

triadic

#E5D165 #65E5D1 #D165E5

tetradic

#E5D165 #65E591 #6579E5 #E565B9

square

#E5D165 #65E591 #6579E5 #E565B9

split-complementary

#E5D165 #65B9E5 #9165E5

monochromatic

#B29B1E #DCC131 #E5D165 #EEE199 #F7F0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#E5D165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D165

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D165	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)

#E2CC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.130 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de94',
    500: '#e5d165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d165;
$custom-light: #f0de94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85603,
    "c": 0.13032,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.63199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D165

secondary

#3C4EB2

accent

#30D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D165

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

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