#E5D651#E5D651

#E5D651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.151 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D651
RGB	rgb(229, 214, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.66, -10.16, 65.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.66, 65.92, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(86.43% -0.0336 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(86.43% 0.151 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.8472, 65.3475, 17.3492)
Luminance	0.6534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D651 #5160E5

analogous

#E58C51 #E5D651 #AAE551

triadic

#E5D651 #51E5D6 #D651E5

tetradic

#E5D651 #51E58C #5160E5 #E551AA

square

#E5D651 #51E58C #5160E5 #E551AA

split-complementary

#E5D651 #51AAE5 #8C51E5

monochromatic

#A39518 #D8C620 #E5D651 #EDE386 #F5EFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E5D651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#E5D651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D651

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D651	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 214, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.151 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e288',
    500: '#e5d651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d651;
$custom-light: #f1e288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.919,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86429,
    "c": 0.15104,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D651

secondary

#3540A6

accent

#24D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D651

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

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