#E5D45A#E5D45A

#E5D45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.142 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D45A
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -8.60, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 61.48, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.1% -0.0282 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(86.1% 0.142 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.7043, 64.4855, 19.0783)
Luminance	0.6448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D45A #5A6BE5

analogous

#E58F5A #E5D45A #B0E55A

triadic

#E5D45A #5AE5D4 #D45AE5

tetradic

#E5D45A #5AE58F #5A6BE5 #E55AB0

square

#E5D45A #5AE58F #5A6BE5 #E55AB0

split-complementary

#E5D45A #5AB0E5 #8F5AE5

monochromatic

#AA981B #DDC625 #E5D45A #EDE28F #F6F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E5D45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#E5D45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D45A

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D45A	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.142 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e08d',
    500: '#e5d45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d45a;
$custom-light: #f0e08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.861,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D45A

secondary

#3846AB

accent

#29D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D45A

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

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