#E5D258#E5D258

#E5D258 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.142 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D258
RGB	rgb(229, 210, 88)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 61.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -7.72, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 61.64, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.0259 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.142 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.1234, 63.4582, 18.4703)
Luminance	0.6346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D258 #586BE5

analogous

#E58C58 #E5D258 #B2E558

triadic

#E5D258 #58E5D2 #D258E5

tetradic

#E5D258 #58E58C #586BE5 #E558B2

square

#E5D258 #58E58C #586BE5 #E558B2

split-complementary

#E5D258 #58B2E5 #8C58E5

monochromatic

#A8951A #DDC423 #E5D258 #EDE08D #F5EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E5D258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#E5D258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D258

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D258	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)

#E4CC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 210, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.142 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0df8c',
    500: '#e5d258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d258;
$custom-light: #f0df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 73.057,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8567,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D258

secondary

#3747AA

accent

#2BD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D258

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

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