#E5D45E#E5D45E

#E5D45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.139 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D45E
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.25, -8.33, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.25, 59.75, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(86.14% -0.0269 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(86.14% 0.139 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.8791, 64.5554, 19.9992)
Luminance	0.6455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D45E #5E6FE5

analogous

#E5905E #E5D45E #B3E55E

triadic

#E5D45E #5EE5D4 #D45EE5

tetradic

#E5D45E #5EE590 #5E6FE5 #E55EB3

square

#E5D45E #5EE590 #5E6FE5 #E55EB3

split-complementary

#E5D45E #5EB3E5 #905EE5

monochromatic

#AD9A1C #DCC629 #E5D45E #EEE293 #F6F0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E5D45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#E5D45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D45E

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D45E	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.139 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e090',
    500: '#e5d45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d45e;
$custom-light: #f0e090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86141,
    "c": 0.13903,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D45E

secondary

#3948AE

accent

#2AD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D45E

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

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