#E5D259#E5D259

#E5D259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.141 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D259
RGB	rgb(229, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.69, -7.65, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.69, 61.21, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.68% -0.0256 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(85.68% 0.141 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.1651, 63.4749, 18.6900)
Luminance	0.6347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D259 #596CE5

analogous

#E58C59 #E5D259 #B2E559

triadic

#E5D259 #59E5D2 #D259E5

tetradic

#E5D259 #59E58C #596CE5 #E559B2

square

#E5D259 #59E58C #596CE5 #E559B2

split-complementary

#E5D259 #59B2E5 #8C59E5

monochromatic

#A9961A #DDC424 #E5D259 #EDE08E #F6EFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E5D259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#E5D259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D259

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D259	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)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.141 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0df8d',
    500: '#e5d259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d259;
$custom-light: #f0df8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8568,
    "c": 0.14141,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D259

secondary

#3747AB

accent

#2BD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D259

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

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