#E5D466#E5D466

#E5D466 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.132 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D466
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 102)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.33, -7.74, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.33, 56.18, 97.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86.23% -0.0244 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(86.23% 0.132 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.2569, 64.7065, 21.9887)
Luminance	0.6470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D466 #6677E5

analogous

#E59566 #E5D466 #B6E566

triadic

#E5D466 #66E5D4 #D466E5

tetradic

#E5D466 #66E595 #6677E5 #E566B6

square

#E5D466 #66E595 #6677E5 #E566B6

split-complementary

#E5D466 #66B6E5 #9566E5

monochromatic

#B29E1E #DCC532 #E5D466 #EEE39A #F7F1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E5D466 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#E5D466 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D466

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D466	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D466	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)

#E5CE5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD56B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d466;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.132 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e195',
    500: '#e5d466',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d466;
$custom-light: #f0e195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d466",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86228,
    "c": 0.13206,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D466

secondary

#3C4CB3

accent

#2CD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D466

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

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