#E5D16A#E5D16A

#E5D16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D16A
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 106)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 53.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.60, -5.91, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.60, 53.27, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0186 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.7171, 63.3019, 22.8111)
Luminance	0.6330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D16A #6A7EE5

analogous

#E5936A #E5D16A #BBE56A

triadic

#E5D16A #6AE5D1 #D16AE5

tetradic

#E5D16A #6AE593 #6A7EE5 #E56ABB

square

#E5D16A #6AE593 #6A7EE5 #E56ABB

split-complementary

#E5D16A #6ABBE5 #936AE5

monochromatic

#B59D20 #DCC136 #E5D16A #EEE19E #F7F1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#E5D16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D16A

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D16A	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)

#E2CC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de97',
    500: '#e5d16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d16a;
$custom-light: #f0de97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85662,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D16A

secondary

#3E51B5

accent

#32D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D16A

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

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