#E5D755#E5D755

#E5D755 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.149 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D755
RGB	rgb(229, 215, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, -10.43, 63.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 64.64, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0339 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.149 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.2555, 65.9170, 18.2472)
Luminance	0.6592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D755 #5563E5

analogous

#E58F55 #E5D755 #ABE555

triadic

#E5D755 #55E5D7 #D755E5

tetradic

#E5D755 #55E58F #5563E5 #E555AB

square

#E5D755 #55E58F #5563E5 #E555AB

split-complementary

#E5D755 #55ABE5 #8F55E5

monochromatic

#A69819 #DBC922 #E5D755 #EDE38A #F5F0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E5D755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#E5D755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D755

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D755	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 215, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.149 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e38a',
    500: '#e5d755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d755;
$custom-light: #f0e38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.167,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86671,
    "c": 0.14894,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D755

secondary

#3641A8

accent

#23D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D755

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

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