#E5D168#E5D168

#E5D168 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.128 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D168
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 104)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 54.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, -6.07, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 54.19, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.64% -0.0193 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(85.64% 0.128 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.6143, 63.2607, 22.2697)
Luminance	0.6326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D168 #687CE5

analogous

#E59268 #E5D168 #BAE568

triadic

#E5D168 #68E5D1 #D168E5

tetradic

#E5D168 #68E592 #687CE5 #E568BA

square

#E5D168 #68E592 #687CE5 #E568BA

split-complementary

#E5D168 #68BAE5 #9268E5

monochromatic

#B49C1F #DCC134 #E5D168 #EEE19C #F7F1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#E5D168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D168

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D168	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D36D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.128 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de96',
    500: '#e5d168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d168;
$custom-light: #f0de96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85638,
    "c": 0.12759,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D168

secondary

#3D50B4

accent

#32D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D168

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

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