#E5D95A#E5D95A

#E5D95A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.147 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D95A
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.52, -11.11, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.52, 63.27, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% -0.0353 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.147 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.9735, 67.0240, 19.5014)
Luminance	0.6702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D95A #5A66E5

analogous

#E5935A #E5D95A #ACE55A

triadic

#E5D95A #5AE5D9 #D95AE5

tetradic

#E5D95A #5AE593 #5A66E5 #E55AAC

square

#E5D95A #5AE593 #5A66E5 #E55AAC

split-complementary

#E5D95A #5AACE5 #935AE5

monochromatic

#AA9D1B #DDCD25 #E5D95A #EDE58F #F6F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E5D95A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#E5D95A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D95A

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D95A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D95A	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d95a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.147 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e48e',
    500: '#e5d95a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d95a;
$custom-light: #f0e48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d95a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87131,
    "c": 0.14684,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D95A

secondary

#3842AB

accent

#22D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D95A

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

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