#E5D460#E5D460

#E5D460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.137 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D460
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 96)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.27, -8.19, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.27, 58.87, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.0263 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.137 101)
XYZ	xyz(57.9700, 64.5918, 20.4780)
Luminance	0.6459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D460 #6071E5

analogous

#E59160 #E5D460 #B3E560

triadic

#E5D460 #60E5D4 #D460E5

tetradic

#E5D460 #60E591 #6071E5 #E560B3

square

#E5D460 #60E591 #6071E5 #E560B3

split-complementary

#E5D460 #60B3E5 #9160E5

monochromatic

#AE9C1C #DCC62B #E5D460 #EEE295 #F6F0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E5D460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#E5D460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D460

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D460	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.137 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e091',
    500: '#e5d460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d460;
$custom-light: #f0e091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86162,
    "c": 0.13733,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.6459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D460

secondary

#3A49AF

accent

#2AD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D460

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

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