#E5D85F#E5D85F

#E5D85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.142 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D85F
RGB	rgb(229, 216, 95)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 58.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.30, -10.27, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.30, 60.76, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.98% -0.0324 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(86.98% 0.142 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.9366, 66.5981, 20.5745)
Luminance	0.6660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D85F #5F6CE5

analogous

#E5955F #E5D85F #AFE55F

triadic

#E5D85F #5FE5D8 #D85FE5

tetradic

#E5D85F #5FE595 #5F6CE5 #E55FAF

square

#E5D85F #5FE595 #5F6CE5 #E55FAF

split-complementary

#E5D85F #5FAFE5 #955FE5

monochromatic

#AD9F1C #DCCB2A #E5D85F #EEE594 #F6F2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E5D85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#E5D85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D85F

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D85F	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 216, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.142 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e391',
    500: '#e5d85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d85f;
$custom-light: #f0e391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.179,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86975,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D85F

secondary

#3A45AF

accent

#24D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D85F

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

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