#E5D863#E5D863

#E5D863 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.138 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D863
RGB	rgb(229, 216, 99)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 56.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.34, -9.99, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.34, 59.01, 99.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.0311 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.138 103)
XYZ	xyz(59.1231, 66.6727, 21.5567)
Luminance	0.6667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D863 #6370E5

analogous

#E59763 #E5D863 #B1E563

triadic

#E5D863 #63E5D8 #D863E5

tetradic

#E5D863 #63E597 #6370E5 #E563B1

square

#E5D863 #63E597 #6370E5 #E563B1

split-complementary

#E5D863 #63B1E5 #9763E5

monochromatic

#B0A21D #DCCB2F #E5D863 #EEE597 #F6F2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E5D863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#E5D863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D863

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D863	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 216, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.138 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e393',
    500: '#e5d863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d863;
$custom-light: #f0e393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87017,
    "c": 0.13838,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.66671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D863

secondary

#3B47B1

accent

#25D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D863

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

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