#E5D480#E5D480

#E5D480 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.106 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D480
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 128)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 44.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.64, -5.47, 43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.64, 43.90, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.0151 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.106 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.7544, 65.3055, 29.8755)
Luminance	0.6530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D480 #8091E5

analogous

#E5A280 #E5D480 #C3E580

triadic

#E5D480 #80E5D4 #D480E5

tetradic

#E5D480 #80E5A2 #8091E5 #E580C3

square

#E5D480 #80E5A2 #8091E5 #E580C3

split-complementary

#E5D480 #80C3E5 #A280E5

monochromatic

#C3A928 #DBC34D #E5D480 #EFE5B3 #FAF6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E5D480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#E5D480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D480

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D480	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.106 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe1a6',
    500: '#e5d480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d480;
$custom-light: #efe1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.901,
    "s": 66.013,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86572,
    "c": 0.10643,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D480

secondary

#4C5FBD

accent

#36CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D480

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

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