#E5D55B#E5D55B

#E5D55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.142 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D55B
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, -9.04, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 61.40, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% -0.0293 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.142 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.9979, 65.0041, 19.3875)
Luminance	0.6500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D55B #5B6BE5

analogous

#E5905B #E5D55B #B0E55B

triadic

#E5D55B #5BE5D5 #D55BE5

tetradic

#E5D55B #5BE590 #5B6BE5 #E55BB0

square

#E5D55B #5BE590 #5B6BE5 #E55BB0

split-complementary

#E5D55B #5BB0E5 #905BE5

monochromatic

#AB9A1B #DDC726 #E5D55B #EDE390 #F6F0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E5D55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#E5D55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D55B

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D55B	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)

#E7CF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.142 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e18e',
    500: '#e5d55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d55b;
$custom-light: #f0e18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86316,
    "c": 0.14241,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D55B

secondary

#3846AC

accent

#28D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D55B

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

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