#E5D468#E5D468
#E5D468 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5D468 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 212, 104) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 71%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 55%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 54.6%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.35, -7.59, 54.75) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.35, 55.27, 97.89°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.25% -0.0237 0.1281) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.25% 0.13 100.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.3573, 64.7467, 22.5174) |
| Luminance | 0.6474 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.99
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.03
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.48
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.57
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.68
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5D468 #6879E5
analogous
#E59568 #E5D468 #B7E568
triadic
#E5D468 #68E5D4 #D468E5
tetradic
#E5D468 #68E595 #6879E5 #E568B7
square
#E5D468 #68E595 #6879E5 #E568B7
split-complementary
#E5D468 #68B7E5 #9568E5
monochromatic
#B49F1F #DCC534 #E5D468 #EEE39C #F7F2D0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#E5D468 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.95
#E5D468 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5D468
13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5D468 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5D468 | 1.00 | 1.51 | 13.95 | 13.95 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E5CF5E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EAD56D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4C7BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5d468; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 104); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.130 100.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0e196',
500: '#e5d468',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5d468; $custom-light: #f0e196; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5d468",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 212,
"b": 104
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.84,
"s": 70.621,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86251,
"c": 0.13024,
"h": 100.5
},
"luminance": 0.64744
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5D468
secondary
#3D4DB4
accent
#2DD313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F