#E5D169#E5D169

#E5D169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D169
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 54.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.59, -5.99, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.59, 53.73, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.019 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.6654, 63.2812, 22.5388)
Luminance	0.6328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D169 #697DE5

analogous

#E59369 #E5D169 #BBE569

triadic

#E5D169 #69E5D1 #D169E5

tetradic

#E5D169 #69E593 #697DE5 #E569BB

square

#E5D169 #69E593 #697DE5 #E569BB

split-complementary

#E5D169 #69BBE5 #9369E5

monochromatic

#B49C1F #DCC135 #E5D169 #EEE19D #F7F1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#E5D169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D169

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D169	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D46E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de97',
    500: '#e5d169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d169;
$custom-light: #f0de97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 70.455,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8565,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D169

secondary

#3D51B5

accent

#32D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D169

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

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