#E5D257#E5D257

#E5D257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.143 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D257
RGB	rgb(229, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.67, -7.78, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.67, 62.06, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0262 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.143 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.0823, 63.4417, 18.2537)
Luminance	0.6344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D257 #576AE5

analogous

#E58B57 #E5D257 #B1E557

triadic

#E5D257 #57E5D2 #D257E5

tetradic

#E5D257 #57E58B #576AE5 #E557B1

square

#E5D257 #57E58B #576AE5 #E557B1

split-complementary

#E5D257 #57B1E5 #8B57E5

monochromatic

#A8951A #DDC422 #E5D257 #EDE08C #F5EEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E5D257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#E5D257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D257

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D257	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.143 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0df8b',
    500: '#e5d257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d257;
$custom-light: #f0df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.972,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8566,
    "c": 0.14301,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D257

secondary

#3746AA

accent

#2BD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D257

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

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