#E5D465#E5D465

#E5D465 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.133 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D465
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 101)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.32, -7.82, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.32, 56.64, 97.94°)
OKLab	oklab(86.22% -0.0247 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(86.22% 0.133 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.2076, 64.6868, 21.7291)
Luminance	0.6469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D465 #6576E5

analogous

#E59465 #E5D465 #B6E565

triadic

#E5D465 #65E5D4 #D465E5

tetradic

#E5D465 #65E594 #6576E5 #E565B6

square

#E5D465 #65E594 #6576E5 #E565B6

split-complementary

#E5D465 #65B6E5 #9465E5

monochromatic

#B29E1E #DCC531 #E5D465 #EEE399 #F7F1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E5D465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#E5D465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D465

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D465	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.133 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e194',
    500: '#e5d465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d465;
$custom-light: #f0e194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86216,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D465

secondary

#3C4CB2

accent

#2CD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D465

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

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