#E5D864#E5D864

#E5D864 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.138 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D864
RGB	rgb(229, 216, 100)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 56.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -9.91, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 58.56, 99.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.03% -0.0308 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(87.03% 0.138 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.1712, 66.6920, 21.8101)
Luminance	0.6669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D864 #6471E5

analogous

#E59764 #E5D864 #B2E564

triadic

#E5D864 #64E5D8 #D864E5

tetradic

#E5D864 #64E597 #6471E5 #E564B2

square

#E5D864 #64E597 #6471E5 #E564B2

split-complementary

#E5D864 #64B2E5 #9764E5

monochromatic

#B1A21E #DCCB30 #E5D864 #EEE598 #F7F2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E5D864 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#E5D864 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D864

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D864	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D864	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d864;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 216, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.138 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e394',
    500: '#e5d864',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d864;
$custom-light: #f0e394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d864",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.953,
    "s": 71.271,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87028,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D864

secondary

#3B47B2

accent

#26D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D864

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

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