#E5D541#E5D541

#E5D541 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.161 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D541
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 65)
HSL	hsl(54, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 71.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.29, -10.49, 70.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.29, 71.63, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.1% -0.0362 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(86.1% 0.161 103)
XYZ	xyz(57.0640, 64.6306, 14.4691)
Luminance	0.6463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D541 #4151E5

analogous

#E58341 #E5D541 #A3E541

triadic

#E5D541 #41E5D5 #D541E5

tetradic

#E5D541 #41E583 #4151E5 #E541A3

square

#E5D541 #41E583 #4151E5 #E541A3

split-complementary

#E5D541 #41A3E5 #8341E5

monochromatic

#978A15 #CDBC1C #E5D541 #ECE177 #F4EDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E5D541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#E5D541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D541

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D541	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.161 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e17f',
    500: '#e5d541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d541;
$custom-light: #f1e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 75.926,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86101,
    "c": 0.16083,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.64628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D541

secondary

#2F3A9B

accent

#48F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D541

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

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