#E5D36D#E5D36D

#E5D36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D36D
RGB	rgb(229, 211, 109)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 52.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.15, -6.68, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.15, 52.60, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.0205 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.3696, 64.3529, 23.8118)
Luminance	0.6435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D36D #6D7FE5

analogous

#E5976D #E5D36D #BBE56D

triadic

#E5D36D #6DE5D3 #D36DE5

tetradic

#E5D36D #6DE597 #6D7FE5 #E56DBB

square

#E5D36D #6DE597 #6D7FE5 #E56DBB

split-complementary

#E5D36D #6DBBE5 #976DE5

monochromatic

#B7A021 #DCC339 #E5D36D #EEE3A1 #F8F2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E5D36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#E5D36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D36D

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D36D	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CE64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 211, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe099',
    500: '#e5d36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d36d;
$custom-light: #efe099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86107,
    "c": 0.12468,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D36D

secondary

#3F51B7

accent

#30D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D36D

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

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