#E5D256#E5D256

#E5D256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.144 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5D256
RGBrgb(229, 210, 86)
HSLhsl(52, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(52, 62%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.3%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(83.67, -7.84, 61.99)
CIE-LCHlch(83.67, 62.48, 97.21°)
OKLaboklab(85.65% -0.0265 0.1413)
OKLCHoklch(85.65% 0.144 100.6)
XYZxyz(57.0417, 63.4255, 18.0400)
Luminance0.6342 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5D256 #5669E5
analogous
#E58B56 #E5D256 #B1E556
triadic
#E5D256 #56E5D2 #D256E5
tetradic
#E5D256 #56E58B #5669E5 #E556B1
square
#E5D256 #56E58B #5669E5 #E556B1
split-complementary
#E5D256 #56B1E5 #8B56E5
monochromatic
#A7941A #DCC322 #E5D256 #EDE08B #F5EEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53
#E5D256 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68
#E5D256 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D256
13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5D256#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5D2561.001.5313.6813.68
#FFFFFF1.531.0021.0021.00
#00000013.6821.001.001.00
##00000013.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4CC47
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EAD45D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C4B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5d256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.144 100.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0df8b',
    500: '#e5d256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5d256;
$custom-light: #f0df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5d256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.028,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85651,
    "c": 0.1438,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5D256
secondary
#3646A9
accent
#2AD510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E5D256 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva