#E5D84E#E5D84E

#E5D84E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.155 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D84E
RGB	rgb(229, 216, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.16, -11.34, 66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.16, 67.80, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.82% -0.0373 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(86.82% 0.155 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.2464, 66.3220, 16.9396)
Luminance	0.6632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D84E #4E5BE5

analogous

#E58C4E #E5D84E #A7E54E

triadic

#E5D84E #4EE5D8 #D84EE5

tetradic

#E5D84E #4EE58C #4E5BE5 #E54EA7

square

#E5D84E #4EE58C #4E5BE5 #E54EA7

split-complementary

#E5D84E #4EA7E5 #8C4EE5

monochromatic

#A19518 #D6C71F #E5D84E #EDE483 #F5F0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E5D84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#E5D84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D84E

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D84E	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 216, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.155 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e386',
    500: '#e5d84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d84e;
$custom-light: #f1e386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.834,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86818,
    "c": 0.15497,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D84E

secondary

#343DA4

accent

#20D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D84E

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

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