#E5D261#E5D261

#E5D261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D261
RGB	rgb(229, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -7.10, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 57.71, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% -0.0231 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.5195, 63.6166, 20.5564)
Luminance	0.6361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D261 #6174E5

analogous

#E59061 #E5D261 #B6E561

triadic

#E5D261 #61E5D2 #D261E5

tetradic

#E5D261 #61E590 #6174E5 #E561B6

square

#E5D261 #61E590 #6174E5 #E561B6

split-complementary

#E5D261 #61B6E5 #9061E5

monochromatic

#AF9A1D #DCC32C #E5D261 #EEE196 #F6F0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E5D261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#E5D261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D261

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D261	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)

#E4CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0df92',
    500: '#e5d261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d261;
$custom-light: #f0df92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85762,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D261

secondary

#3A4BB0

accent

#2ED412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D261

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

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