#E5D459#E5D459

#E5D459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.143 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D459
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, -8.66, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 61.91, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.09% -0.0285 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(86.09% 0.143 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.6620, 64.4686, 18.8556)
Luminance	0.6447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D459 #596AE5

analogous

#E58E59 #E5D459 #B0E559

triadic

#E5D459 #59E5D4 #D459E5

tetradic

#E5D459 #59E58E #596AE5 #E559B0

square

#E5D459 #59E58E #596AE5 #E559B0

split-complementary

#E5D459 #59B0E5 #8E59E5

monochromatic

#A9981A #DDC624 #E5D459 #EDE28E #F6EFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E5D459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#E5D459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D459

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D459	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)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.143 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e08d',
    500: '#e5d459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d459;
$custom-light: #f0e08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.714,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8609,
    "c": 0.14314,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D459

secondary

#3745AB

accent

#28D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D459

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

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