#E5D051#E5D051

#E5D051 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.146 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D051
RGB	rgb(229, 208, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.11, -7.13, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.11, 63.89, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.025 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.146 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.3566, 62.3663, 16.8524)
Luminance	0.6236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D051 #5166E5

analogous

#E58651 #E5D051 #B0E551

triadic

#E5D051 #51E5D0 #D051E5

tetradic

#E5D051 #51E586 #5166E5 #E551B0

square

#E5D051 #51E586 #5166E5 #E551B0

split-complementary

#E5D051 #51B0E5 #8651E5

monochromatic

#A39018 #D8BE20 #E5D051 #EDDE86 #F5EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E5D051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#E5D051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D051

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D051	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 208, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.146 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de88',
    500: '#e5d051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d051;
$custom-light: #f1de88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.486,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85195,
    "c": 0.14595,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D051

secondary

#3545A6

accent

#2CD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D051

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

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