#E5D17E#E5D17E

#E5D17E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.106 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D17E
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 126)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 45%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 45%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, -4.13, 43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 43.75, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0114 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.106 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8810, 63.7674, 28.9414)
Luminance	0.6377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D17E #7E92E5

analogous

#E59E7E #E5D17E #C5E57E

triadic

#E5D17E #7EE5D1 #D17EE5

tetradic

#E5D17E #7EE59E #7E92E5 #E57EC5

square

#E5D17E #7EE59E #7E92E5 #E57EC5

split-complementary

#E5D17E #7EC5E5 #9E7EE5

monochromatic

#C2A427 #DBBF4B #E5D17E #EFE3B1 #FAF5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E5D17E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#E5D17E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D17E

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D17E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D17E	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CD77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d17e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.106 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdea5',
    500: '#e5d17e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d17e;
$custom-light: #efdea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d17e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.35,
    "s": 66.452,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85934,
    "c": 0.10584,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D17E

secondary

#4A60BD

accent

#3BCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D17E

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

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