#E5D176#E5D176

#E5D176 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.114 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D176
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 118)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 48.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.74, -4.88, 47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.74, 47.61, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0144 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.114 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.3853, 63.5692, 26.3306)
Luminance	0.6357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D176 #768AE5

analogous

#E59976 #E5D176 #C1E576

triadic

#E5D176 #76E5D1 #D176E5

tetradic

#E5D176 #76E599 #768AE5 #E576C1

square

#E5D176 #76E599 #768AE5 #E576C1

split-complementary

#E5D176 #76C1E5 #9976E5

monochromatic

#BDA124 #DBC043 #E5D176 #EFE2A9 #F9F4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E5D176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#E5D176 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D176

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D176	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)

#E1CD6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.114 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde9f',
    500: '#e5d176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d176;
$custom-light: #efde9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.189,
    "s": 68.098,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85818,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D176

secondary

#4359BC

accent

#37D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D176

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

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