#E5D557#E5D557

#E5D557 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 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D557
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.45, -9.30, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.45, 63.10, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% -0.0305 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.146 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.8299, 64.9369, 18.5029)
Luminance	0.6493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D557 #5767E5

analogous

#E58E57 #E5D557 #AEE557

triadic

#E5D557 #57E5D5 #D557E5

tetradic

#E5D557 #57E58E #5767E5 #E557AE

square

#E5D557 #57E58E #5767E5 #E557AE

split-complementary

#E5D557 #57AEE5 #8E57E5

monochromatic

#A8981A #DDC822 #E5D557 #EDE28C #F5EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E5D557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#E5D557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D557

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D557	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.146 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e18c',
    500: '#e5d557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d557;
$custom-light: #f0e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86277,
    "c": 0.14561,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D557

secondary

#3744AA

accent

#26D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D557

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

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