#E5D057#E5D057

#E5D057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.141 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D057
RGB	rgb(229, 208, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -6.77, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 61.39, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.0233 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.141 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.5916, 62.4603, 18.0901)
Luminance	0.6246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D057 #576CE5

analogous

#E58957 #E5D057 #B3E557

triadic

#E5D057 #57E5D0 #D057E5

tetradic

#E5D057 #57E589 #576CE5 #E557B3

square

#E5D057 #57E589 #576CE5 #E557B3

split-complementary

#E5D057 #57B3E5 #8957E5

monochromatic

#A8931A #DDC122 #E5D057 #EDDF8C #F5EEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E5D057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#E5D057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D057

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D057	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)

#E2CB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 208, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.141 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8b',
    500: '#e5d057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d057;
$custom-light: #f0de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.127,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85251,
    "c": 0.14134,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D057

secondary

#3748AA

accent

#2DD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D057

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

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