#E5D457#E5D457

#E5D457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.145 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D457
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.19, -8.79, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.19, 62.75, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.07% -0.029 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(86.07% 0.145 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.5791, 64.4354, 18.4193)
Luminance	0.6443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D457 #5768E5

analogous

#E58D57 #E5D457 #AFE557

triadic

#E5D457 #57E5D4 #D457E5

tetradic

#E5D457 #57E58D #5768E5 #E557AF

square

#E5D457 #57E58D #5768E5 #E557AF

split-complementary

#E5D457 #57AFE5 #8D57E5

monochromatic

#A8971A #DDC622 #E5D457 #EDE28C #F5EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E5D457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#E5D457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D457

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D457	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.145 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e08b',
    500: '#e5d457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d457;
$custom-light: #f0e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.817,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86071,
    "c": 0.14474,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D457

secondary

#3744AA

accent

#28D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D457

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

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