#E5D966#E5D966

#E5D966 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.137 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D966
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 102)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.63, -10.26, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.63, 58.05, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.0316 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.137 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.5262, 67.2451, 22.4118)
Luminance	0.6724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D966 #6672E5

analogous

#E59A66 #E5D966 #B1E566

triadic

#E5D966 #66E5D9 #D966E5

tetradic

#E5D966 #66E59A #6672E5 #E566B1

square

#E5D966 #66E59A #6672E5 #E566B1

split-complementary

#E5D966 #66B1E5 #9A66E5

monochromatic

#B2A41E #DCCC32 #E5D966 #EEE69A #F7F3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E5D966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#E5D966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D966

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D966	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.137 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e495',
    500: '#e5d966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d966;
$custom-light: #f0e495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87256,
    "c": 0.13669,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D966

secondary

#3C47B3

accent

#25D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D966

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

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