#E5D85D#E5D85D

#E5D85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.143 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D85D
RGB	rgb(229, 216, 93)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.28, -10.41, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.28, 61.63, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(86.95% -0.033 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(86.95% 0.143 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.8468, 66.5622, 20.1018)
Luminance	0.6656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D85D #5D6AE5

analogous

#E5945D #E5D85D #AEE55D

triadic

#E5D85D #5DE5D8 #D85DE5

tetradic

#E5D85D #5DE594 #5D6AE5 #E55DAE

square

#E5D85D #5DE594 #5D6AE5 #E55DAE

split-complementary

#E5D85D #5DAEE5 #945DE5

monochromatic

#AC9E1C #DDCB28 #E5D85D #EDE592 #F6F1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E5D85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#E5D85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D85D

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D85D	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)

#EAD14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 216, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.143 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e38f',
    500: '#e5d85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d85d;
$custom-light: #f0e38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.265,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86954,
    "c": 0.14349,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D85D

secondary

#3944AD

accent

#24D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D85D

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

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