#E5D359#E5D359

#E5D359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.142 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D359
RGB	rgb(229, 211, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.95, -8.16, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.95, 61.56, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.027 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.142 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.4128, 63.9702, 18.7725)
Luminance	0.6397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D359 #596BE5

analogous

#E58D59 #E5D359 #B1E559

triadic

#E5D359 #59E5D3 #D359E5

tetradic

#E5D359 #59E58D #596BE5 #E559B1

square

#E5D359 #59E58D #596BE5 #E559B1

split-complementary

#E5D359 #59B1E5 #8D59E5

monochromatic

#A9971A #DDC524 #E5D359 #EDE18E #F6EFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E5D359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#E5D359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D359

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D359	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)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 211, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.142 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e08d',
    500: '#e5d359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d359;
$custom-light: #f0e08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85885,
    "c": 0.14227,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D359

secondary

#3746AB

accent

#2AD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D359

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

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