#E5D55E#E5D55E

#E5D55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.140 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D55E
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.51, -8.83, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.51, 60.10, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.0284 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.14 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.1299, 65.0569, 20.0828)
Luminance	0.6505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D55E #5E6EE5

analogous

#E5915E #E5D55E #B1E55E

triadic

#E5D55E #5EE5D5 #D55EE5

tetradic

#E5D55E #5EE591 #5E6EE5 #E55EB1

square

#E5D55E #5EE591 #5E6EE5 #E55EB1

split-complementary

#E5D55E #5EB1E5 #915EE5

monochromatic

#AD9C1C #DCC729 #E5D55E #EEE393 #F6F0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E5D55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#E5D55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D55E

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D55E	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)

#E7CF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.140 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e190',
    500: '#e5d55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d55e;
$custom-light: #f0e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86346,
    "c": 0.13992,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D55E

secondary

#3947AE

accent

#28D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D55E

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

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