#E5D357#E5D357

#E5D357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.144 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D357
RGB	rgb(229, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.93, -8.29, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.93, 62.41, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.87% -0.0276 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(85.87% 0.144 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.3299, 63.9370, 18.3362)
Luminance	0.6393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D357 #5769E5

analogous

#E58C57 #E5D357 #B0E557

triadic

#E5D357 #57E5D3 #D357E5

tetradic

#E5D357 #57E58C #5769E5 #E557B0

square

#E5D357 #57E58C #5769E5 #E557B0

split-complementary

#E5D357 #57B0E5 #8C57E5

monochromatic

#A8961A #DDC522 #E5D357 #EDE18C #F5EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E5D357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#E5D357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D357

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D357	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.144 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e08b',
    500: '#e5d357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d357;
$custom-light: #f0e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85866,
    "c": 0.14386,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D357

secondary

#3745AA

accent

#29D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D357

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

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