#E5D16B#E5D16B

#E5D16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.125 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D16B
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 107)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 53.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.61, -5.83, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.61, 52.81, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.0183 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.125 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.7694, 63.3228, 23.0866)
Luminance	0.6332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D16B #6B7FE5

analogous

#E5946B #E5D16B #BCE56B

triadic

#E5D16B #6BE5D1 #D16BE5

tetradic

#E5D16B #6BE594 #6B7FE5 #E56BBC

square

#E5D16B #6BE594 #6B7FE5 #E56BBC

split-complementary

#E5D16B #6BBCE5 #946BE5

monochromatic

#B69D20 #DCC137 #E5D16B #EEE19F #F7F1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#E5D16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D16B

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D16B	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)

#E2CC62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.125 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de98',
    500: '#e5d16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d16b;
$custom-light: #f0de98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85674,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D16B

secondary

#3E52B6

accent

#33D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D16B

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

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