#E5D158#E5D158

#E5D158 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.141 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D158
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 88)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 61.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -7.21, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 61.30, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.0244 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.141 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8773, 62.9659, 18.3883)
Luminance	0.6296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D158 #586CE5

analogous

#E58A58 #E5D158 #B3E558

triadic

#E5D158 #58E5D1 #D158E5

tetradic

#E5D158 #58E58A #586CE5 #E558B3

square

#E5D158 #58E58A #586CE5 #E558B3

split-complementary

#E5D158 #58B3E5 #8A58E5

monochromatic

#A8941A #DDC223 #E5D158 #EDE08D #F5EEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#E5D158 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D158

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D158	1.00	1.54	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.54	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)

#E3CC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.141 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8c',
    500: '#e5d158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d158;
$custom-light: #f0de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 73.057,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85465,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D158

secondary

#3747AA

accent

#2CD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D158

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

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