#E5D175#E5D175

#E5D175 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.115 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D175
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 117)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 48.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, -4.97, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 48.09, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.0148 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.115 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.3262, 63.5455, 26.0193)
Luminance	0.6354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D175 #7589E5

analogous

#E59975 #E5D175 #C1E575

triadic

#E5D175 #75E5D1 #D175E5

tetradic

#E5D175 #75E599 #7589E5 #E575C1

square

#E5D175 #75E599 #7589E5 #E575C1

split-complementary

#E5D175 #75C1E5 #9975E5

monochromatic

#BCA123 #DBC042 #E5D175 #EFE2A8 #F8F3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E5D175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#E5D175 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D175

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D175	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.115 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde9e',
    500: '#e5d175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d175;
$custom-light: #efde9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 68.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85804,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D175

secondary

#4258BC

accent

#37D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D175

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

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