#E5D16C#E5D16C

#E5D16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.124 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D16C
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 108)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 52.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.62, -5.74, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.62, 52.34, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% -0.018 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.124 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.8223, 63.3439, 23.3653)
Luminance	0.6334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D16C #6C80E5

analogous

#E5946C #E5D16C #BCE56C

triadic

#E5D16C #6CE5D1 #D16CE5

tetradic

#E5D16C #6CE594 #6C80E5 #E56CBC

square

#E5D16C #6CE594 #6C80E5 #E56CBC

split-complementary

#E5D16C #6CBCE5 #946CE5

monochromatic

#B69E20 #DCC138 #E5D16C #EEE1A0 #F7F2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#E5D16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D16C

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D16C	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.124 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de99',
    500: '#e5d16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d16c;
$custom-light: #f0de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 69.942,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85686,
    "c": 0.12387,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D16C

secondary

#3F52B7

accent

#33D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D16C

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

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