#E5D660#E5D660

#E5D660 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.139 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D660
RGB	rgb(229, 214, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.79, -9.20, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.79, 59.59, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.0292 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.139 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.4731, 65.5979, 20.6456)
Luminance	0.6560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D660 #606FE5

analogous

#E59360 #E5D660 #B1E560

triadic

#E5D660 #60E5D6 #D660E5

tetradic

#E5D660 #60E593 #606FE5 #E560B1

square

#E5D660 #60E593 #606FE5 #E560B1

split-complementary

#E5D660 #60B1E5 #9360E5

monochromatic

#AE9E1C #DCC82B #E5D660 #EEE495 #F6F1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E5D660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#E5D660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D660

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D660	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 214, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.139 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e291',
    500: '#e5d660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d660;
$custom-light: #f0e291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.233,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86573,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D660

secondary

#3A47AF

accent

#27D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D660

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

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