#E5D55A#E5D55A

#E5D55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.143 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D55A
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.48, -9.10, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.48, 61.83, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.0296 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.143 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.9550, 64.9870, 19.1618)
Luminance	0.6499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D55A #5A6AE5

analogous

#E5905A #E5D55A #AFE55A

triadic

#E5D55A #5AE5D5 #D55AE5

tetradic

#E5D55A #5AE590 #5A6AE5 #E55AAF

square

#E5D55A #5AE590 #5A6AE5 #E55AAF

split-complementary

#E5D55A #5AAFE5 #905AE5

monochromatic

#AA991B #DDC825 #E5D55A #EDE28F #F6F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E5D55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#E5D55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D55A

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D55A	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.143 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e18d',
    500: '#e5d55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d55a;
$custom-light: #f0e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86306,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D55A

secondary

#3845AB

accent

#27D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D55A

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

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