#E5D95B#E5D95B

#E5D95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.146 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D95B
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.52, -11.05, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.52, 62.85, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.035 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.146 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.0164, 67.0412, 19.7270)
Luminance	0.6704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D95B #5B67E5

analogous

#E5945B #E5D95B #ACE55B

triadic

#E5D95B #5BE5D9 #D95BE5

tetradic

#E5D95B #5BE594 #5B67E5 #E55BAC

square

#E5D95B #5BE594 #5B67E5 #E55BAC

split-complementary

#E5D95B #5BACE5 #945BE5

monochromatic

#AB9E1B #DDCD26 #E5D95B #EDE590 #F6F1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E5D95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#E5D95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D95B

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D95B	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.146 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e48e',
    500: '#e5d95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d95b;
$custom-light: #f0e48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87141,
    "c": 0.14604,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D95B

secondary

#3842AC

accent

#22D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D95B

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

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