#E5D963#E5D963

#E5D963 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.139 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D963
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 99)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 56.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.60, -10.49, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.60, 59.38, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.22% -0.0326 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(87.22% 0.139 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.3801, 67.1867, 21.6424)
Luminance	0.6718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D963 #636FE5

analogous

#E59863 #E5D963 #B0E563

triadic

#E5D963 #63E5D9 #D963E5

tetradic

#E5D963 #63E598 #636FE5 #E563B0

square

#E5D963 #63E598 #636FE5 #E563B0

split-complementary

#E5D963 #63B0E5 #9863E5

monochromatic

#B0A31D #DCCC2F #E5D963 #EEE697 #F6F3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E5D963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#E5D963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D963

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D963	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.139 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e493',
    500: '#e5d963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d963;
$custom-light: #f0e493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87223,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D963

secondary

#3B46B1

accent

#24D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D963

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

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