#E5D55D#E5D55D

#E5D55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D55D
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.50, -8.90, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.50, 60.54, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(86.34% -0.0287 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(86.34% 0.141 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.0853, 65.0391, 19.8480)
Luminance	0.6504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D55D #5D6DE5

analogous

#E5915D #E5D55D #B1E55D

triadic

#E5D55D #5DE5D5 #D55DE5

tetradic

#E5D55D #5DE591 #5D6DE5 #E55DB1

square

#E5D55D #5DE591 #5D6DE5 #E55DB1

split-complementary

#E5D55D #5DB1E5 #915DE5

monochromatic

#AC9B1C #DDC728 #E5D55D #EDE392 #F6F0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E5D55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#E5D55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D55D

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D55D	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.141 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e18f',
    500: '#e5d55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d55d;
$custom-light: #f0e18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86336,
    "c": 0.14075,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D55D

secondary

#3947AD

accent

#28D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D55D

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

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