#E5D85B#E5D85B

#E5D85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.145 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D85B
RGB	rgb(229, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.26, -10.54, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.26, 62.48, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0336 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.145 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.7594, 66.5272, 19.6414)
Luminance	0.6653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D85B #5B68E5

analogous

#E5935B #E5D85B #ADE55B

triadic

#E5D85B #5BE5D8 #D85BE5

tetradic

#E5D85B #5BE593 #5B68E5 #E55BAD

square

#E5D85B #5BE593 #5B68E5 #E55BAD

split-complementary

#E5D85B #5BADE5 #935BE5

monochromatic

#AB9D1B #DDCB26 #E5D85B #EDE590 #F6F1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E5D85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#E5D85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D85B

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D85B	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.145 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e38e',
    500: '#e5d85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d85b;
$custom-light: #f0e38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86934,
    "c": 0.14511,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D85B

secondary

#3843AC

accent

#23D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D85B

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

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