#E5D45B#E5D45B

#E5D45B 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	#E5D45B
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.23, -8.53, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.23, 61.05, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.0279 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.142 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.7471, 64.5026, 19.3039)
Luminance	0.6450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D45B #5B6CE5

analogous

#E58F5B #E5D45B #B1E55B

triadic

#E5D45B #5BE5D4 #D45BE5

tetradic

#E5D45B #5BE58F #5B6CE5 #E55BB1

square

#E5D45B #5BE58F #5B6CE5 #E55BB1

split-complementary

#E5D45B #5BB1E5 #8F5BE5

monochromatic

#AB991B #DDC626 #E5D45B #EDE290 #F6F0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E5D45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#E5D45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D45B

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D45B	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)

#E6CE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.142 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e08e',
    500: '#e5d45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d45b;
$custom-light: #f0e08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8611,
    "c": 0.14152,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D45B

secondary

#3846AC

accent

#29D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D45B

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

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