#E5D268#E5D268

#E5D268 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.128 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D268
RGB	rgb(229, 210, 104)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 54.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, -6.57, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 54.55, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0208 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.128 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.8604, 63.7530, 22.3518)
Luminance	0.6375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D268 #687BE5

analogous

#E59368 #E5D268 #B9E568

triadic

#E5D268 #68E5D2 #D268E5

tetradic

#E5D268 #68E593 #687BE5 #E568B9

square

#E5D268 #68E593 #687BE5 #E568B9

split-complementary

#E5D268 #68B9E5 #9368E5

monochromatic

#B49D1F #DCC234 #E5D268 #EEE29C #F7F1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E5D268 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#E5D268 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D268

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D268	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D268	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)

#E3CD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D46D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d268;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 210, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.128 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0df96',
    500: '#e5d268',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d268;
$custom-light: #f0df96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d268",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85842,
    "c": 0.12846,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D268

secondary

#3D4FB4

accent

#30D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D268

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

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