#E5D978#E5D978

#E5D978 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.120 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D978
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 47.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.83, -8.76, 48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.83, 49.72, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.48% -0.0254 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(87.48% 0.12 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.5177, 67.6417, 27.6340)
Luminance	0.6764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D978 #7884E5

analogous

#E5A278 #E5D978 #BBE578

triadic

#E5D978 #78E5D9 #D978E5

tetradic

#E5D978 #78E5A2 #7884E5 #E578BB

square

#E5D978 #78E5A2 #7884E5 #E578BB

split-complementary

#E5D978 #78BBE5 #A278E5

monochromatic

#BEAD25 #DBCB45 #E5D978 #EFE7AB #F9F6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E5D978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#E5D978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D978

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D978	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.120 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe4a1',
    500: '#e5d978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d978;
$custom-light: #efe4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.394,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87479,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D978

secondary

#4552BD

accent

#2AD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D978

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

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