#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
RGBrgb(229, 217, 74)
HSLhsl(55, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(55, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.2%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(85.39, -12.05, 68.64)
CIE-LCHlch(85.39, 69.69, 99.96°)
OKLaboklab(86.99% -0.0397 0.1536)
OKLCHoklch(86.99% 0.159 104.5)
XYZxyz(58.3643, 66.7804, 16.2928)
Luminance0.6678 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##E5D94A1.001.4614.3614.36
#FFFFFF1.461.0021.0021.00
#00000014.3621.001.001.00
##00000014.3621.001.001.00

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

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#E5D94A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva