#E5D556#E5D556

#E5D556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.146 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D556
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.44, -9.36, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.44, 63.52, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.27% -0.0308 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(86.27% 0.146 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.7893, 64.9207, 18.2892)
Luminance	0.6492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D556 #5666E5

analogous

#E58E56 #E5D556 #ADE556

triadic

#E5D556 #56E5D5 #D556E5

tetradic

#E5D556 #56E58E #5666E5 #E556AD

square

#E5D556 #56E58E #5666E5 #E556AD

split-complementary

#E5D556 #56ADE5 #8E56E5

monochromatic

#A7971A #DCC722 #E5D556 #EDE28B #F5EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E5D556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#E5D556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D556

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D556	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.146 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e18b',
    500: '#e5d556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d556;
$custom-light: #f0e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.287,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86268,
    "c": 0.14639,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D556

secondary

#3643A9

accent

#26D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D556

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

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