#E5D479#E5D479

#E5D479 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.114 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D479
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.55, -6.14, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.55, 47.29, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.0177 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.114 99)
XYZ	xyz(59.3094, 65.1275, 27.5322)
Luminance	0.6512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D479 #798AE5

analogous

#E59E79 #E5D479 #C0E579

triadic

#E5D479 #79E5D4 #D479E5

tetradic

#E5D479 #79E59E #798AE5 #E579C0

square

#E5D479 #79E59E #798AE5 #E579C0

split-complementary

#E5D479 #79C0E5 #9E79E5

monochromatic

#BFA625 #DBC446 #E5D479 #EFE4AC #F9F5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E5D479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#E5D479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D479

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D479	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D67D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.114 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe1a1',
    500: '#e5d479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d479;
$custom-light: #efe1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8647,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.65125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D479

secondary

#4658BD

accent

#33CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D479

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

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