#E5D157#E5D157

#E5D157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.142 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D157
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -7.27, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 61.72, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.46% -0.0247 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(85.46% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(56.8362, 62.9495, 18.1716)
Luminance	0.6295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D157 #576BE5

analogous

#E58A57 #E5D157 #B2E557

triadic

#E5D157 #57E5D1 #D157E5

tetradic

#E5D157 #57E58A #576BE5 #E557B2

square

#E5D157 #57E58A #576BE5 #E557B2

split-complementary

#E5D157 #57B2E5 #8A57E5

monochromatic

#A8941A #DDC222 #E5D157 #EDE08C #F5EEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E5D157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#E5D157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D157

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D157	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)

#E3CB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.142 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8b',
    500: '#e5d157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d157;
$custom-light: #f0de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85455,
    "c": 0.14216,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.62947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D157

secondary

#3747AA

accent

#2CD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D157

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

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