#E5D969#E5D969

#E5D969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.134 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D969
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 105)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 54.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.66, -10.03, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.66, 56.70, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0306 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.134 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.6776, 67.3057, 23.2096)
Luminance	0.6730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D969 #6975E5

analogous

#E59B69 #E5D969 #B3E569

triadic

#E5D969 #69E5D9 #D969E5

tetradic

#E5D969 #69E59B #6975E5 #E569B3

square

#E5D969 #69E59B #6975E5 #E569B3

split-complementary

#E5D969 #69B3E5 #9B69E5

monochromatic

#B4A61F #DCCC35 #E5D969 #EEE69D #F7F3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E5D969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#E5D969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D969

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D969	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)

#EAD35E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.134 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e497',
    500: '#e5d969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d969;
$custom-light: #f0e497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 70.455,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8729,
    "c": 0.13398,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D969

secondary

#3D49B5

accent

#26D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D969

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

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