#E5D44F#E5D44F
#E5D44F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.151 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5D44F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 212, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 66%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 65.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.13, -9.27, 65.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.13, 66.03, 98.07°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86% -0.0313 0.1475) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86% 0.151 102) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.2702, 64.3119, 16.7924) |
| Luminance | 0.6431 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.96
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.30
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.40
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.86
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.04
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.18
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5D44F #4F60E5
analogous
#E5894F #E5D44F #ABE54F
triadic
#E5D44F #4FE5D4 #D44FE5
tetradic
#E5D44F #4FE589 #4F60E5 #E54FAB
square
#E5D44F #4FE589 #4F60E5 #E54FAB
split-complementary
#E5D44F #4FABE5 #894FE5
monochromatic
#A29218 #D7C220 #E5D44F #EDE184 #F5EEBA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#E5D44F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.86
#E5D44F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5D44F
13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5D44F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5D44F | 1.00 | 1.51 | 13.86 | 13.86 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.86 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.86 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E7CE3E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD557
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C6B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5d44f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 79); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.151 102.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1e087',
500: '#e5d44f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5d44f; $custom-light: #f1e087; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5d44f",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 212,
"b": 79
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.2,
"s": 74.257,
"l": 60.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86,
"c": 0.15076,
"h": 102
},
"luminance": 0.64309
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5D44F
secondary
#3441A4
accent
#26D60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F