#E5D271#E5D271

#E5D271 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.120 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D271
RGB	rgb(229, 210, 113)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 50.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.94, -5.83, 50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.94, 50.36, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% -0.0177 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.12 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.3422, 63.9457, 24.8891)
Luminance	0.6394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D271 #7184E5

analogous

#E59871 #E5D271 #BEE571

triadic

#E5D271 #71E5D2 #D271E5

tetradic

#E5D271 #71E598 #7184E5 #E571BE

square

#E5D271 #71E598 #7184E5 #E571BE

split-complementary

#E5D271 #71BEE5 #9871E5

monochromatic

#BAA122 #DCC23D #E5D271 #EEE2A5 #F8F3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E5D271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#E5D271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D271

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D271	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 210, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.120 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdf9c',
    500: '#e5d271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d271;
$custom-light: #efdf9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.172,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85954,
    "c": 0.11993,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D271

secondary

#4154BA

accent

#33D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D271

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

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