#E5D156#E5D156

#E5D156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.143 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D156
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.41, -7.34, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.41, 62.15, 96.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.025 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.7956, 62.9333, 17.9580)
Luminance	0.6293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D156 #566AE5

analogous

#E58A56 #E5D156 #B2E556

triadic

#E5D156 #56E5D1 #D156E5

tetradic

#E5D156 #56E58A #566AE5 #E556B2

square

#E5D156 #56E58A #566AE5 #E556B2

split-complementary

#E5D156 #56B2E5 #8A56E5

monochromatic

#A7931A #DCC222 #E5D156 #EDDF8B #F5EEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E5D156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#E5D156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D156

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D156	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8b',
    500: '#e5d156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d156;
$custom-light: #f0de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85446,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D156

secondary

#3646A9

accent

#2CD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D156

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

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