#E5D552#E5D552

#E5D552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.149 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D552
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -9.60, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 65.17, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.23% -0.0319 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(86.23% 0.149 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.6326, 64.8580, 17.4641)
Luminance	0.6486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D552 #5262E5

analogous

#E58B52 #E5D552 #ACE552

triadic

#E5D552 #52E5D5 #D552E5

tetradic

#E5D552 #52E58B #5262E5 #E552AC

square

#E5D552 #52E58B #5262E5 #E552AC

split-complementary

#E5D552 #52ACE5 #8B52E5

monochromatic

#A49519 #D9C521 #E5D552 #EDE287 #F5EFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E5D552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#E5D552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D552

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D552	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.149 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e189',
    500: '#e5d552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d552;
$custom-light: #f1e189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.469,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86232,
    "c": 0.14943,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D552

secondary

#3541A6

accent

#25D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D552

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

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