#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
RGBrgb(229, 213, 87)
HSLhsl(53, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(53, 62%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(84.45, -9.30, 62.41)
CIE-LCHlch(84.45, 63.10, 98.47°)
OKLaboklab(86.28% -0.0305 0.1424)
OKLCHoklch(86.28% 0.146 102.1)
XYZxyz(57.8299, 64.9369, 18.5029)
Luminance0.6493 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##E5D5571.001.5013.9913.99
#FFFFFF1.501.0021.0021.00
#00000013.9921.001.001.00
##00000013.9921.001.001.00

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

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#E5D557 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva