#E5D174#E5D174

#E5D174 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.116 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D174
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 116)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 49.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, -5.06, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 48.57, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0151 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.116 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.2678, 63.5221, 25.7113)
Luminance	0.6352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D174 #7488E5

analogous

#E59974 #E5D174 #C0E574

triadic

#E5D174 #74E5D1 #D174E5

tetradic

#E5D174 #74E599 #7488E5 #E574C0

square

#E5D174 #74E599 #7488E5 #E574C0

split-complementary

#E5D174 #74C0E5 #9974E5

monochromatic

#BCA123 #DBC040 #E5D174 #EFE2A8 #F8F3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E5D174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#E5D174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D174

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D174	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)

#E1CD6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.116 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde9e',
    500: '#e5d174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d174;
$custom-light: #efde9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.381,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8579,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D174

secondary

#4257BB

accent

#36D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D174

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

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