#E5D94A#E5D94A

#E5D94A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.159 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D94A
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -12.05, 68.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 69.69, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0397 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.159 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.3643, 66.7804, 16.2928)
Luminance	0.6678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D94A #4A56E5

analogous

#E58C4A #E5D94A #A4E54A

triadic

#E5D94A #4AE5D9 #D94AE5

tetradic

#E5D94A #4AE58C #4A56E5 #E54AA4

square

#E5D94A #4AE58C #4A56E5 #E54AA4

split-complementary

#E5D94A #4AA4E5 #8C4AE5

monochromatic

#9E9317 #D3C51E #E5D94A #EDE480 #F4EFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E5D94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#E5D94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D94A

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D94A	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.159 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e484',
    500: '#e5d94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d94a;
$custom-light: #f1e484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.355,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86994,
    "c": 0.1586,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D94A

secondary

#323BA1

accent

#45F136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D94A

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

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