#E5D553#E5D553

#E5D553 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	#E5D553
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.42, -9.54, 64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.42, 64.76, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.0316 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.149 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.6710, 64.8734, 17.6659)
Luminance	0.6487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D553 #5363E5

analogous

#E58C53 #E5D553 #ACE553

triadic

#E5D553 #53E5D5 #D553E5

tetradic

#E5D553 #53E58C #5363E5 #E553AC

square

#E5D553 #53E58C #5363E5 #E553AC

split-complementary

#E5D553 #53ACE5 #8C53E5

monochromatic

#A59519 #DAC621 #E5D553 #EDE288 #F5EFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E5D553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#E5D553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D553

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D553	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)

#E7CF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.149 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e189',
    500: '#e5d553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d553;
$custom-light: #f0e189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.425,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86241,
    "c": 0.14868,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D553

secondary

#3542A7

accent

#25D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D553

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

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