#E5D84A#E5D84A

#E5D84A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.158 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D84A
RGB	rgb(229, 216, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.13, -11.55, 68.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.13, 69.34, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.79% -0.0383 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(86.79% 0.158 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.1073, 66.2664, 16.2071)
Luminance	0.6626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D84A #4A57E5

analogous

#E58B4A #E5D84A #A4E54A

triadic

#E5D84A #4AE5D8 #D84AE5

tetradic

#E5D84A #4AE58B #4A57E5 #E54AA4

square

#E5D84A #4AE58B #4A57E5 #E54AA4

split-complementary

#E5D84A #4AA4E5 #8B4AE5

monochromatic

#9E9317 #D3C41E #E5D84A #EDE480 #F4EFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E5D84A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#E5D84A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D84A

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D84A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D84A	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d84a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 216, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.158 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e384',
    500: '#e5d84a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d84a;
$custom-light: #f1e384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d84a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.968,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86787,
    "c": 0.15771,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D84A

secondary

#323CA1

accent

#46F136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D84A

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

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