#E5D254#E5D254

#E5D254 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.145 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D254
RGB	rgb(229, 210, 84)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 63.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.65, -7.97, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.65, 63.32, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.027 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.145 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.9623, 63.3937, 17.6215)
Luminance	0.6339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D254 #5467E5

analogous

#E58A54 #E5D254 #B0E554

triadic

#E5D254 #54E5D2 #D254E5

tetradic

#E5D254 #54E58A #5467E5 #E554B0

square

#E5D254 #54E58A #5467E5 #E554B0

split-complementary

#E5D254 #54B0E5 #8A54E5

monochromatic

#A59319 #DBC221 #E5D254 #EDE089 #F5EEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#E5D254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D254

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D254	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 210, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.145 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0df8a',
    500: '#e5d254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d254;
$custom-light: #f0df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.138,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85632,
    "c": 0.14535,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D254

secondary

#3645A8

accent

#2AD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D254

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

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