#E5D26E#E5D26E
#E5D26E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.123 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5D26E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 210, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 70%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 52%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 52%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.90, -6.09, 51.41) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.90, 51.77, 96.75°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.92% -0.0187 0.1214) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.92% 0.123 98.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.1761, 63.8792, 24.0143) |
| Luminance | 0.6388 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.43
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.33
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.12
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.42
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.58
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5D26E #6E81E5
analogous
#E5976E #E5D26E #BDE56E
triadic
#E5D26E #6EE5D2 #D26EE5
tetradic
#E5D26E #6EE597 #6E81E5 #E56EBD
square
#E5D26E #6EE597 #6E81E5 #E56EBD
split-complementary
#E5D26E #6EBDE5 #976EE5
monochromatic
#B8A021 #DCC23A #E5D26E #EEE2A2 #F8F2D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.52
#E5D26E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.78
#E5D26E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5D26E
13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5D26E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5D26E | 1.00 | 1.52 | 13.78 | 13.78 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.52 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E3CD65
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D472
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4C5BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5d26e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 210, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.123 98.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efdf9a',
500: '#e5d26e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5d26e; $custom-light: #efdf9a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5d26e",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 210,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.42,
"s": 69.591,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85915,
"c": 0.12284,
"h": 98.8
},
"luminance": 0.63877
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5D26E
secondary
#3F53B8
accent
#32D214
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F