#E5D16F#E5D16F

#E5D16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.121 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D16F
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 111)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 51.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.66, -5.50, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.66, 50.94, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(85.72% -0.0169 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(85.72% 0.121 98)
XYZ	xyz(57.9847, 63.4089, 24.2206)
Luminance	0.6341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D16F #6F83E5

analogous

#E5966F #E5D16F #BEE56F

triadic

#E5D16F #6FE5D1 #D16FE5

tetradic

#E5D16F #6FE596 #6F83E5 #E56FBE

square

#E5D16F #6FE596 #6F83E5 #E56FBE

split-complementary

#E5D16F #6FBEE5 #966FE5

monochromatic

#B89F21 #DCC03B #E5D16F #EEE2A3 #F8F2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E5D16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#E5D16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D16F

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D16F	1.00	1.53	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.121 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde9a',
    500: '#e5d16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d16f;
$custom-light: #efde9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85724,
    "c": 0.121,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.63407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D16F

secondary

#4054B8

accent

#34D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D16F

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

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