#E5D95F#E5D95F

#E5D95F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.143 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D95F
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 58.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.56, -10.77, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.56, 61.13, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.0338 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.143 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.1936, 67.1121, 20.6601)
Luminance	0.6711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D95F #5F6BE5

analogous

#E5965F #E5D95F #AEE55F

triadic

#E5D95F #5FE5D9 #D95FE5

tetradic

#E5D95F #5FE596 #5F6BE5 #E55FAE

square

#E5D95F #5FE596 #5F6BE5 #E55FAE

split-complementary

#E5D95F #5FAEE5 #965FE5

monochromatic

#ADA01C #DCCC2A #E5D95F #EEE694 #F6F2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E5D95F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#E5D95F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D95F

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D95F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D95F	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d95f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.143 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e491',
    500: '#e5d95f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d95f;
$custom-light: #f0e491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d95f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87181,
    "c": 0.14274,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D95F

secondary

#3A44AF

accent

#23D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D95F

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

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