#E5D655#E5D655

#E5D655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.148 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D655
RGB	rgb(229, 214, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.69, -9.92, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.69, 64.29, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.0325 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.148 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.0016, 65.4093, 18.1626)
Luminance	0.6541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D655 #5564E5

analogous

#E58E55 #E5D655 #ACE555

triadic

#E5D655 #55E5D6 #D655E5

tetradic

#E5D655 #55E58E #5564E5 #E555AC

square

#E5D655 #55E58E #5564E5 #E555AC

split-complementary

#E5D655 #55ACE5 #8E55E5

monochromatic

#A69819 #DBC822 #E5D655 #EDE38A #F5F0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E5D655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#E5D655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D655

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D655	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 214, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.148 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e28a',
    500: '#e5d655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d655;
$custom-light: #f0e28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.75,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86465,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D655

secondary

#3642A8

accent

#25D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D655

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

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