#E5D65E#E5D65E

#E5D65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.141 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D65E
RGB	rgb(229, 214, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.77, -9.34, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.77, 60.47, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.55% -0.0298 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(86.55% 0.141 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.3822, 65.5615, 20.1669)
Luminance	0.6556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D65E #5E6DE5

analogous

#E5925E #E5D65E #B1E55E

triadic

#E5D65E #5EE5D6 #D65EE5

tetradic

#E5D65E #5EE592 #5E6DE5 #E55EB1

square

#E5D65E #5EE592 #5E6DE5 #E55EB1

split-complementary

#E5D65E #5EB1E5 #925EE5

monochromatic

#AD9D1C #DCC929 #E5D65E #EEE393 #F6F1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E5D65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#E5D65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D65E

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D65E	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 214, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.141 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e290',
    500: '#e5d65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d65e;
$custom-light: #f0e290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86552,
    "c": 0.14082,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D65E

secondary

#3946AE

accent

#27D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D65E

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

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