#E5D456#E5D456

#E5D456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.146 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D456
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.18, -8.85, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.18, 63.17, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(86.06% -0.0293 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(86.06% 0.146 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.5386, 64.4192, 18.2056)
Luminance	0.6442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D456 #5667E5

analogous

#E58D56 #E5D456 #AFE556

triadic

#E5D456 #56E5D4 #D456E5

tetradic

#E5D456 #56E58D #5667E5 #E556AF

square

#E5D456 #56E58D #5667E5 #E556AF

split-complementary

#E5D456 #56AFE5 #8D56E5

monochromatic

#A7961A #DCC622 #E5D456 #EDE18B #F5EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E5D456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#E5D456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D456

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D456	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.146 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e08b',
    500: '#e5d456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d456;
$custom-light: #f0e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.867,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86062,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D456

secondary

#3644A9

accent

#28D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D456

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

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