#E5D35B#E5D35B

#E5D35B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.141 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D35B
RGB	rgb(229, 211, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.97, -8.03, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.97, 60.70, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.0264 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.141 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.4979, 64.0042, 19.2209)
Luminance	0.6400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D35B #5B6DE5

analogous

#E58E5B #E5D35B #B2E55B

triadic

#E5D35B #5BE5D3 #D35BE5

tetradic

#E5D35B #5BE58E #5B6DE5 #E55BB2

square

#E5D35B #5BE58E #5B6DE5 #E55BB2

split-complementary

#E5D35B #5BB2E5 #8E5BE5

monochromatic

#AB981B #DDC526 #E5D35B #EDE190 #F6EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E5D35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#E5D35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D35B

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D35B	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)

#E5CD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 211, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.141 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e08e',
    500: '#e5d35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d35b;
$custom-light: #f0e08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85905,
    "c": 0.14065,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D35B

secondary

#3847AC

accent

#2AD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D35B

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

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