#E5D558#E5D558
#E5D558 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.145 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5D558 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 213, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7%, 61.6%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.46, -9.23, 62.00) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.46, 62.68, 98.47°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.29% -0.0302 0.1416) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.29% 0.145 102) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.8710, 64.9534, 18.7195) |
| Luminance | 0.6495 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.79
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.25
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.57
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.93
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.95
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.96
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5D558 #5868E5
analogous
#E58E58 #E5D558 #AFE558
triadic
#E5D558 #58E5D5 #D558E5
tetradic
#E5D558 #58E58E #5868E5 #E558AF
square
#E5D558 #58E58E #5868E5 #E558AF
split-complementary
#E5D558 #58AFE5 #8E58E5
monochromatic
#A8981A #DDC823 #E5D558 #EDE28D #F5F0C2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.50
#E5D558 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.99
#E5D558 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5D558
13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5D558 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5D558 | 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)
#E7CF4A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD65F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5C7BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5d558; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.145 102.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0e18c',
500: '#e5d558',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5d558; $custom-light: #f0e18c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5d558",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 213,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.191,
"s": 73.057,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86287,
"c": 0.14482,
"h": 102
},
"luminance": 0.64951
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5D558
secondary
#3744AA
accent
#27D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F