#E5D265#E5D265

#E5D265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.131 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D265
RGB	rgb(229, 210, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.81, -6.81, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.81, 55.92, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.81% -0.0218 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(85.81% 0.131 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.7107, 63.6931, 21.5635)
Luminance	0.6369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D265 #6578E5

analogous

#E59265 #E5D265 #B8E565

triadic

#E5D265 #65E5D2 #D265E5

tetradic

#E5D265 #65E592 #6578E5 #E565B8

square

#E5D265 #65E592 #6578E5 #E565B8

split-complementary

#E5D265 #65B8E5 #9265E5

monochromatic

#B29C1E #DCC331 #E5D265 #EEE199 #F7F1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E5D265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#E5D265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D265

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D265	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 210, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.131 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0df94',
    500: '#e5d265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d265;
$custom-light: #f0df94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85807,
    "c": 0.13119,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D265

secondary

#3C4DB2

accent

#2FD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D265

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

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