#E5D463#E5D463

#E5D463 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.135 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D463
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 99)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 56.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.30, -7.97, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.30, 57.53, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.19% -0.0253 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(86.19% 0.135 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.1108, 64.6481, 21.2193)
Luminance	0.6465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D463 #6374E5

analogous

#E59363 #E5D463 #B5E563

triadic

#E5D463 #63E5D4 #D463E5

tetradic

#E5D463 #63E593 #6374E5 #E563B5

square

#E5D463 #63E593 #6374E5 #E563B5

split-complementary

#E5D463 #63B5E5 #9363E5

monochromatic

#B09D1D #DCC62F #E5D463 #EEE297 #F6F1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E5D463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#E5D463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D463

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D463	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.135 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e193',
    500: '#e5d463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d463;
$custom-light: #f0e193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86194,
    "c": 0.13473,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D463

secondary

#3B4AB1

accent

#2BD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D463

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

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