#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
RGB	rgb(229, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.67, -7.84, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.67, 62.48, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0265 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.144 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.0417, 63.4255, 18.0400)
Luminance	0.6342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##E5D256	1.00	1.53	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.53	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)

#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

Preview with #E5D256

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

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