#E5D66E#E5D66E
#E5D66E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5D66E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 214, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 70%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 52%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 52%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.93, -8.12, 52.63) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.93, 53.25, 98.77°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.73% -0.0246 0.1241) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.73% 0.126 101.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.1760, 65.8790, 24.3476) |
| Luminance | 0.6588 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.86
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.39
Khaki (CSS)
#F0E68C
ΔE00 4.39
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.66
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.77
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.99
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5D66E #6E7DE5
analogous
#E59B6E #E5D66E #B9E56E
triadic
#E5D66E #6EE5D6 #D66EE5
tetradic
#E5D66E #6EE59B #6E7DE5 #E56EB9
square
#E5D66E #6EE59B #6E7DE5 #E56EB9
split-complementary
#E5D66E #6EB9E5 #9B6EE5
monochromatic
#B8A521 #DCC73A #E5D66E #EEE5A2 #F8F3D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#E5D66E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.18
#E5D66E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5D66E
14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5D66E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5D66E | 1.00 | 1.48 | 14.18 | 14.18 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6D064
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD773
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4CABE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5d66e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 214, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.126 101.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efe29a',
500: '#e5d66e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5d66e; $custom-light: #efe29a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5d66e",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 214,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.437,
"s": 69.591,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86733,
"c": 0.12647,
"h": 101.2
},
"luminance": 0.65877
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5D66E
secondary
#3F4FB8
accent
#2CD214
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F