#E5D55F#E5D55F

#E5D55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.139 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D55F
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 58.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.52, -8.76, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.52, 59.67, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.36% -0.0281 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(86.36% 0.139 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.1750, 65.0750, 20.3206)
Luminance	0.6507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D55F #5F6FE5

analogous

#E5925F #E5D55F #B2E55F

triadic

#E5D55F #5FE5D5 #D55FE5

tetradic

#E5D55F #5FE592 #5F6FE5 #E55FB2

square

#E5D55F #5FE592 #5F6FE5 #E55FB2

split-complementary

#E5D55F #5FB2E5 #925FE5

monochromatic

#AD9C1C #DCC72A #E5D55F #EEE394 #F6F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E5D55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#E5D55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D55F

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D55F	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)

#E7CF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.139 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e190',
    500: '#e5d55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d55f;
$custom-light: #f0e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86356,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D55F

secondary

#3A48AF

accent

#29D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D55F

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

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