#E5D950#E5D950

#E5D950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.154 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D950
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.44, -11.73, 66.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.44, 67.37, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% -0.0382 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.154 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.5762, 66.8651, 17.4086)
Luminance	0.6686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D950 #505CE5

analogous

#E58E50 #E5D950 #A6E550

triadic

#E5D950 #50E5D9 #D950E5

tetradic

#E5D950 #50E58E #505CE5 #E550A6

square

#E5D950 #50E58E #505CE5 #E550A6

split-complementary

#E5D950 #50A6E5 #8E50E5

monochromatic

#A29718 #D8C920 #E5D950 #EDE585 #F5F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E5D950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#E5D950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D950

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D950	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.154 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e488',
    500: '#e5d950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d950;
$custom-light: #f1e488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.168,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87042,
    "c": 0.15445,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D950

secondary

#343DA5

accent

#1FD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D950

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

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