#E5D461#E5D461

#E5D461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.136 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D461
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.28, -8.11, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.28, 58.43, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(86.17% -0.026 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(86.17% 0.136 101)
XYZ	xyz(58.0163, 64.6103, 20.7220)
Luminance	0.6461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D461 #6172E5

analogous

#E59261 #E5D461 #B4E561

triadic

#E5D461 #61E5D4 #D461E5

tetradic

#E5D461 #61E592 #6172E5 #E561B4

square

#E5D461 #61E592 #6172E5 #E561B4

split-complementary

#E5D461 #61B4E5 #9261E5

monochromatic

#AF9C1D #DCC62C #E5D461 #EEE296 #F6F1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E5D461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#E5D461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D461

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D461	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)

#E6CE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.136 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e092',
    500: '#e5d461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d461;
$custom-light: #f0e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86172,
    "c": 0.13647,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.64608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D461

secondary

#3A49B0

accent

#2BD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D461

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

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