#E5D86E#E5D86E

#E5D86E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.128 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D86E
RGB	rgb(229, 216, 110)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 52%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.45, -9.13, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.45, 54.02, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0275 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.128 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.6852, 66.8976, 24.5174)
Luminance	0.6690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D86E #6E7BE5

analogous

#E59D6E #E5D86E #B7E56E

triadic

#E5D86E #6EE5D8 #D86EE5

tetradic

#E5D86E #6EE59D #6E7BE5 #E56EB7

square

#E5D86E #6EE59D #6E7BE5 #E56EB7

split-complementary

#E5D86E #6EB7E5 #9D6EE5

monochromatic

#B8A721 #DCCA3A #E5D86E #EEE6A2 #F8F4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E5D86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#E5D86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D86E

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D86E	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D264

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 216, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.128 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe39a',
    500: '#e5d86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d86e;
$custom-light: #efe39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 69.591,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87144,
    "c": 0.12836,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D86E

secondary

#3F4DB8

accent

#29D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D86E

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

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