#E5D74C#E5D74C

#E5D74C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.155 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D74C
RGB	rgb(229, 215, 76)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 66.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.89, -10.95, 67.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.89, 68.23, 99.23°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0364 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.155 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.9204, 65.7830, 16.4825)
Luminance	0.6578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D74C #4C5AE5

analogous

#E58B4C #E5D74C #A6E54C

triadic

#E5D74C #4CE5D7 #D74CE5

tetradic

#E5D74C #4CE58B #4C5AE5 #E54CA6

square

#E5D74C #4CE58B #4C5AE5 #E54CA6

split-complementary

#E5D74C #4CA6E5 #8B4CE5

monochromatic

#9F9317 #D5C41F #E5D74C #EDE381 #F5EFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E5D74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#E5D74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D74C

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D74C	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)

#EAD039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 215, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.155 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e385',
    500: '#e5d74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d74c;
$custom-light: #f1e385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.51,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86595,
    "c": 0.15547,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D74C

secondary

#333DA2

accent

#48F137

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D74C

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

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