#E5D577#E5D577

#E5D577 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.117 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D577
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 119)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 48%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -6.83, 48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 48.63, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.0199 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.117 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.4388, 65.5805, 26.9765)
Luminance	0.6558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D577 #7787E5

analogous

#E59E77 #E5D577 #BEE577

triadic

#E5D577 #77E5D5 #D577E5

tetradic

#E5D577 #77E59E #7787E5 #E577BE

square

#E5D577 #77E59E #7787E5 #E577BE

split-complementary

#E5D577 #77BEE5 #9E77E5

monochromatic

#BDA724 #DBC544 #E5D577 #EFE5AA #F9F5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E5D577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#E5D577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D577

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D577	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.117 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe1a0',
    500: '#e5d577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d577;
$custom-light: #efe1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 67.901,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86646,
    "c": 0.11669,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D577

secondary

#4455BC

accent

#31D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D577

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

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