#E5D657#E5D657

#E5D657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.146 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D657
RGB	rgb(229, 214, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -9.80, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 63.45, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0319 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.146 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.0822, 65.4415, 18.5870)
Luminance	0.6544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D657 #5766E5

analogous

#E58F57 #E5D657 #ADE557

triadic

#E5D657 #57E5D6 #D657E5

tetradic

#E5D657 #57E58F #5766E5 #E557AD

square

#E5D657 #57E58F #5766E5 #E557AD

split-complementary

#E5D657 #57ADE5 #8F57E5

monochromatic

#A8991A #DDC922 #E5D657 #EDE38C #F5F0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E5D657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#E5D657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D657

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D657	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 214, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.146 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e28c',
    500: '#e5d657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d657;
$custom-light: #f0e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.662,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86483,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D657

secondary

#3743AA

accent

#25D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D657

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

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