#E5D96D#E5D96D

#E5D96D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.130 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D96D
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 52.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.70, -9.71, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.70, 54.87, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.34% -0.0293 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(87.34% 0.13 103)
XYZ	xyz(59.8881, 67.3899, 24.3179)
Luminance	0.6739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D96D #6D79E5

analogous

#E59D6D #E5D96D #B5E56D

triadic

#E5D96D #6DE5D9 #D96DE5

tetradic

#E5D96D #6DE59D #6D79E5 #E56DB5

square

#E5D96D #6DE59D #6D79E5 #E56DB5

split-complementary

#E5D96D #6DB5E5 #9D6DE5

monochromatic

#B7A821 #DCCB39 #E5D96D #EEE7A1 #F8F4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E5D96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#E5D96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D96D

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D96D	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D363

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.130 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe49a',
    500: '#e5d96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d96d;
$custom-light: #efe49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87337,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.67388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D96D

secondary

#3F4BB7

accent

#27D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D96D

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

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