#E5D166#E5D166

#E5D166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.129 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D166
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.56, -6.22, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.56, 55.11, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.02 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.129 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.5139, 63.2206, 21.7411)
Luminance	0.6322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D166 #667AE5

analogous

#E59166 #E5D166 #BAE566

triadic

#E5D166 #66E5D1 #D166E5

tetradic

#E5D166 #66E591 #667AE5 #E566BA

square

#E5D166 #66E591 #667AE5 #E566BA

split-complementary

#E5D166 #66BAE5 #9166E5

monochromatic

#B29B1E #DCC132 #E5D166 #EEE19A #F7F0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#E5D166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D166

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D166	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)

#E2CC5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.129 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de95',
    500: '#e5d166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d166;
$custom-light: #f0de95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85614,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D166

secondary

#3C4FB3

accent

#31D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D166

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

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