#E5D565#E5D565

#E5D565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D565
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.58, -8.32, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.58, 57.00, 98.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.0261 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.4583, 65.1883, 21.8127)
Luminance	0.6519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D565 #6575E5

analogous

#E59565 #E5D565 #B5E565

triadic

#E5D565 #65E5D5 #D565E5

tetradic

#E5D565 #65E595 #6575E5 #E565B5

square

#E5D565 #65E595 #6575E5 #E565B5

split-complementary

#E5D565 #65B5E5 #9565E5

monochromatic

#B29F1E #DCC731 #E5D565 #EEE399 #F7F2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E5D565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#E5D565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D565

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D565	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e194',
    500: '#e5d565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d565;
$custom-light: #f0e194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86422,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D565

secondary

#3C4BB2

accent

#2AD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D565

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

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