#E5D46E#E5D46E
#E5D46E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.125 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5D46E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 212, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 70%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 52%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 52%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.42, -7.11, 52.02) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.42, 52.50, 97.78°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.32% -0.0217 0.1227) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.32% 0.125 100) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.6729, 64.8729, 24.1799) |
| Luminance | 0.6487 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.56
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.70
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.99
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.67
Khaki (CSS)
#F0E68C
ΔE00 4.76
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5D46E #6E7FE5
analogous
#E5996E #E5D46E #BBE56E
triadic
#E5D46E #6EE5D4 #D46EE5
tetradic
#E5D46E #6EE599 #6E7FE5 #E56EBB
square
#E5D46E #6EE599 #6E7FE5 #E56EBB
split-complementary
#E5D46E #6EBBE5 #996EE5
monochromatic
#B8A221 #DCC53A #E5D46E #EEE3A2 #F8F3D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.50
#E5D46E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.97
#E5D46E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5D46E
13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5D46E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5D46E | 1.00 | 1.50 | 13.97 | 13.97 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E5CF65
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EAD673
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4C8BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5d46e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.125 100.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efe19a',
500: '#e5d46e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5d46e; $custom-light: #efe19a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5d46e",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 212,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.429,
"s": 69.591,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86324,
"c": 0.12463,
"h": 100
},
"luminance": 0.64871
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5D46E
secondary
#3F51B8
accent
#2FD214
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F