#E5D968#E5D968

#E5D968 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.135 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D968
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 104)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 54.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -10.11, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 57.15, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.0309 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.135 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.6265, 67.2852, 22.9405)
Luminance	0.6728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D968 #6874E5

analogous

#E59A68 #E5D968 #B2E568

triadic

#E5D968 #68E5D9 #D968E5

tetradic

#E5D968 #68E59A #6874E5 #E568B2

square

#E5D968 #68E59A #6874E5 #E568B2

split-complementary

#E5D968 #68B2E5 #9A68E5

monochromatic

#B4A51F #DCCC34 #E5D968 #EEE69C #F7F3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E5D968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#E5D968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D968

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D968	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD35D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.135 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e496',
    500: '#e5d968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d968;
$custom-light: #f0e496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87279,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D968

secondary

#3D48B4

accent

#25D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D968

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

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