#E5D656#E5D656
#E5D656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.147 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5D656 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 214, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 62.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.70, -9.86, 63.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.70, 63.87, 98.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.47% -0.0322 0.1437) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.47% 0.147 102.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.0416, 65.4253, 18.3733) |
| Luminance | 0.6542 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.67
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.34
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.60
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.89
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 5.05
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.11
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5D656 #5665E5
analogous
#E58F56 #E5D656 #ADE556
triadic
#E5D656 #56E5D6 #D656E5
tetradic
#E5D656 #56E58F #5665E5 #E556AD
square
#E5D656 #56E58F #5665E5 #E556AD
split-complementary
#E5D656 #56ADE5 #8F56E5
monochromatic
#A7981A #DCC822 #E5D656 #EDE38B #F5F0C0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#E5D656 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.08
#E5D656 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5D656
14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5D656 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5D656 | 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)
#E8D047
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD75D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5C8BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5d656; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 214, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.147 102.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0e28b',
500: '#e5d656',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5d656; $custom-light: #f0e28b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5d656",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 214,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.706,
"s": 73.333,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86474,
"c": 0.14728,
"h": 102.6
},
"luminance": 0.65423
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5D656
secondary
#3642A9
accent
#25D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F