#E5D178#E5D178

#E5D178 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.112 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D178
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 47.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -4.70, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 46.65, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.85% -0.0137 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(85.85% 0.112 97)
XYZ	xyz(58.5054, 63.6172, 26.9632)
Luminance	0.6361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D178 #788CE5

analogous

#E59A78 #E5D178 #C2E578

triadic

#E5D178 #78E5D1 #D178E5

tetradic

#E5D178 #78E59A #788CE5 #E578C2

square

#E5D178 #78E59A #788CE5 #E578C2

split-complementary

#E5D178 #78C2E5 #9A78E5

monochromatic

#BEA225 #DBC045 #E5D178 #EFE2AB #F9F4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E5D178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#E5D178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D178

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D178	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D47C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.112 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdea0',
    500: '#e5d178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d178;
$custom-light: #efdea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.991,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85846,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.63615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D178

secondary

#455BBD

accent

#38D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D178

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

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