#E5D970#E5D970

#E5D970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.127 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D970
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 112)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 51.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.73, -9.46, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.73, 53.48, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.0282 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.127 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.0523, 67.4556, 25.1830)
Luminance	0.6745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D970 #707CE5

analogous

#E59F70 #E5D970 #B7E570

triadic

#E5D970 #70E5D9 #D970E5

tetradic

#E5D970 #70E59F #707CE5 #E570B7

square

#E5D970 #70E59F #707CE5 #E570B7

split-complementary

#E5D970 #70B7E5 #9F70E5

monochromatic

#B9A922 #DCCB3C #E5D970 #EEE7A4 #F8F5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E5D970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#E5D970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D970

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D970	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.127 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe49c',
    500: '#e5d970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d970;
$custom-light: #efe49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87374,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D970

secondary

#404DB9

accent

#28D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D970

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

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