#E5D95D#E5D95D

#E5D95D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.144 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D95D
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.54, -10.91, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.54, 62.00, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(87.16% -0.0344 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(87.16% 0.144 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.1038, 67.0762, 20.1875)
Luminance	0.6707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D95D #5D69E5

analogous

#E5955D #E5D95D #ADE55D

triadic

#E5D95D #5DE5D9 #D95DE5

tetradic

#E5D95D #5DE595 #5D69E5 #E55DAD

square

#E5D95D #5DE595 #5D69E5 #E55DAD

split-complementary

#E5D95D #5DADE5 #955DE5

monochromatic

#AC9F1C #DDCD28 #E5D95D #EDE592 #F6F2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E5D95D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#E5D95D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D95D

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D95D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D95D	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)

#EBD24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d95d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.144 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e48f',
    500: '#e5d95d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d95d;
$custom-light: #f0e48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d95d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87161,
    "c": 0.14441,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D95D

secondary

#3943AD

accent

#22D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D95D

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

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