#E5D173#E5D173

#E5D173 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.117 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D173
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 115)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 49.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -5.15, 48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 49.05, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% -0.0155 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.117 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.2099, 63.4990, 25.4066)
Luminance	0.6350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D173 #7387E5

analogous

#E59873 #E5D173 #C0E573

triadic

#E5D173 #73E5D1 #D173E5

tetradic

#E5D173 #73E598 #7387E5 #E573C0

square

#E5D173 #73E598 #7387E5 #E573C0

split-complementary

#E5D173 #73C0E5 #9873E5

monochromatic

#BBA023 #DBC03F #E5D173 #EFE2A7 #F8F3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E5D173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#E5D173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D173

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D173	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.117 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde9d',
    500: '#e5d173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d173;
$custom-light: #efde9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.474,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85777,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D173

secondary

#4157BB

accent

#36D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D173

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

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