#E5D056#E5D056

#E5D056 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.142 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D056
RGB	rgb(229, 208, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.15, -6.83, 61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.15, 61.81, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.24% -0.0236 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(85.24% 0.142 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.5510, 62.4441, 17.8764)
Luminance	0.6244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D056 #566BE5

analogous

#E58956 #E5D056 #B3E556

triadic

#E5D056 #56E5D0 #D056E5

tetradic

#E5D056 #56E589 #566BE5 #E556B3

square

#E5D056 #56E589 #566BE5 #E556B3

split-complementary

#E5D056 #56B3E5 #8956E5

monochromatic

#A7921A #DCC122 #E5D056 #EDDF8B #F5EEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E5D056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#E5D056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D056

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D056	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 208, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.142 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8b',
    500: '#e5d056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d056;
$custom-light: #f0de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85241,
    "c": 0.14213,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D056

secondary

#3647A9

accent

#2DD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D056

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

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