#E5D679#E5D679

#E5D679 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.116 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D679
RGB	rgb(229, 214, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, -7.15, 47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 48.06, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0207 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.116 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.8125, 66.1336, 27.6998)
Luminance	0.6613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D679 #7988E5

analogous

#E5A079 #E5D679 #BEE579

triadic

#E5D679 #79E5D6 #D679E5

tetradic

#E5D679 #79E5A0 #7988E5 #E579BE

square

#E5D679 #79E5A0 #7988E5 #E579BE

split-complementary

#E5D679 #79BEE5 #A079E5

monochromatic

#BFA925 #DBC646 #E5D679 #EFE6AC #F9F5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E5D679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#E5D679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D679

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D679	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 214, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.116 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe2a1',
    500: '#e5d679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d679;
$custom-light: #efe2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86878,
    "c": 0.1156,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D679

secondary

#4656BD

accent

#30CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D679

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

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