#E5D960#E5D960

#E5D960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.142 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D960
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -10.70, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 60.70, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0335 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.142 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.2393, 67.1304, 20.9011)
Luminance	0.6713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D960 #606CE5

analogous

#E59660 #E5D960 #AEE560

triadic

#E5D960 #60E5D9 #D960E5

tetradic

#E5D960 #60E596 #606CE5 #E560AE

square

#E5D960 #60E596 #606CE5 #E560AE

split-complementary

#E5D960 #60AEE5 #9660E5

monochromatic

#AEA11C #DCCC2B #E5D960 #EEE695 #F6F2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E5D960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#E5D960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D960

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D960	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.142 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e491',
    500: '#e5d960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d960;
$custom-light: #f0e491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87191,
    "c": 0.1419,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D960

secondary

#3A45AF

accent

#23D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D960

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

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