#E5D35A#E5D35A

#E5D35A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.141 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D35A
RGB	rgb(229, 211, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.96, -8.09, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.96, 61.13, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.0267 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.141 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.4551, 63.9871, 18.9952)
Luminance	0.6399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D35A #5A6CE5

analogous

#E58D5A #E5D35A #B2E55A

triadic

#E5D35A #5AE5D3 #D35AE5

tetradic

#E5D35A #5AE58D #5A6CE5 #E55AB2

square

#E5D35A #5AE58D #5A6CE5 #E55AB2

split-complementary

#E5D35A #5AB2E5 #8D5AE5

monochromatic

#AA971B #DDC525 #E5D35A #EDE18F #F6EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E5D35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#E5D35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D35A

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D35A	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 211, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.141 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e08d',
    500: '#e5d35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d35a;
$custom-light: #f0e08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85895,
    "c": 0.14146,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D35A

secondary

#3847AB

accent

#2AD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D35A

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

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