#E5D580#E5D580

#E5D580 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.107 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D580
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 128)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 44.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -5.97, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 44.28, 97.75°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0166 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.107 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.0051, 65.8070, 29.9591)
Luminance	0.6581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D580 #8090E5

analogous

#E5A280 #E5D580 #C3E580

triadic

#E5D580 #80E5D5 #D580E5

tetradic

#E5D580 #80E5A2 #8090E5 #E580C3

square

#E5D580 #80E5A2 #8090E5 #E580C3

split-complementary

#E5D580 #80C3E5 #A280E5

monochromatic

#C3AA28 #DBC44D #E5D580 #EFE6B3 #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E5D580 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#E5D580 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D580

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D580	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D580	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d580;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.107 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe1a6',
    500: '#e5d580',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d580;
$custom-light: #efe1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d580",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.495,
    "s": 66.013,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86776,
    "c": 0.10736,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D580

secondary

#4C5EBD

accent

#34CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D580

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

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