#E5D559#E5D559

#E5D559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.144 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D559
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, -9.17, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 62.26, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.3% -0.0299 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(86.3% 0.144 102)
XYZ	xyz(57.9127, 64.9701, 18.9392)
Luminance	0.6497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D559 #5969E5

analogous

#E58F59 #E5D559 #AFE559

triadic

#E5D559 #59E5D5 #D559E5

tetradic

#E5D559 #59E58F #5969E5 #E559AF

square

#E5D559 #59E58F #5969E5 #E559AF

split-complementary

#E5D559 #59AFE5 #8F59E5

monochromatic

#A9991A #DDC824 #E5D559 #EDE28E #F6F0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E5D559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#E5D559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D559

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D559	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)

#E7CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.144 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e18d',
    500: '#e5d559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d559;
$custom-light: #f0e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86296,
    "c": 0.14402,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.64968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D559

secondary

#3745AB

accent

#27D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D559

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

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