#E5D059#E5D059

#E5D059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.140 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D059
RGB	rgb(229, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -6.64, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 60.53, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(85.27% -0.0227 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(85.27% 0.14 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.6744, 62.4935, 18.5264)
Luminance	0.6249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D059 #596EE5

analogous

#E58A59 #E5D059 #B4E559

triadic

#E5D059 #59E5D0 #D059E5

tetradic

#E5D059 #59E58A #596EE5 #E559B4

square

#E5D059 #59E58A #596EE5 #E559B4

split-complementary

#E5D059 #59B4E5 #8A59E5

monochromatic

#A9941A #DDC124 #E5D059 #EDDF8E #F6EEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E5D059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#E5D059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D059

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D059	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.140 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8c',
    500: '#e5d059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d059;
$custom-light: #f0de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8527,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D059

secondary

#3749AB

accent

#2ED510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D059

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

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