#E5D266#E5D266

#E5D266 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.130 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D266
RGB	rgb(229, 210, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.82, -6.73, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.82, 55.46, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0214 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.13 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.7600, 63.7128, 21.8231)
Luminance	0.6371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D266 #6679E5

analogous

#E59366 #E5D266 #B8E566

triadic

#E5D266 #66E5D2 #D266E5

tetradic

#E5D266 #66E593 #6679E5 #E566B8

square

#E5D266 #66E593 #6679E5 #E566B8

split-complementary

#E5D266 #66B8E5 #9366E5

monochromatic

#B29C1E #DCC332 #E5D266 #EEE19A #F7F1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E5D266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#E5D266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D266

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D266	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)

#E3CD5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 210, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.130 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0df95',
    500: '#e5d266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d266;
$custom-light: #f0df95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85818,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D266

secondary

#3C4EB3

accent

#2FD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D266

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

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