#E5D36F#E5D36F
#E5D36F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.123 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5D36F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 211, 111) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 69%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 52%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 51.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.17, -6.51, 51.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.17, 51.67, 97.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.13% -0.0198 0.1212) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.13% 0.123 99.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.4785, 64.3964, 24.3852) |
| Luminance | 0.6439 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.42
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.56
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.01
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.49
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.78
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5D36F #6F81E5
analogous
#E5986F #E5D36F #BCE56F
triadic
#E5D36F #6FE5D3 #D36FE5
tetradic
#E5D36F #6FE598 #6F81E5 #E56FBC
square
#E5D36F #6FE598 #6F81E5 #E56FBC
split-complementary
#E5D36F #6FBCE5 #986FE5
monochromatic
#B8A121 #DCC33B #E5D36F #EEE3A3 #F8F3D7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#E5D36F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.88
#E5D36F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5D36F
13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5D36F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5D36F | 1.00 | 1.51 | 13.88 | 13.88 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4CE66
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D573
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4C7BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5d36f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 211, 111); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.123 99.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efe09b',
500: '#e5d36f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5d36f; $custom-light: #efe09b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5d36f",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 211,
"b": 111
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.847,
"s": 69.412,
"l": 66.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86132,
"c": 0.12277,
"h": 99.3
},
"luminance": 0.64394
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5D36F
secondary
#4052B8
accent
#31D114
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F