#E5D756#E5D756

#E5D756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.148 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D756
RGB	rgb(229, 215, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.96, -10.36, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.96, 64.23, 99.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0336 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.148 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.2955, 65.9330, 18.4579)
Luminance	0.6593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D756 #5664E5

analogous

#E59056 #E5D756 #ACE556

triadic

#E5D756 #56E5D7 #D756E5

tetradic

#E5D756 #56E590 #5664E5 #E556AC

square

#E5D756 #56E590 #5664E5 #E556AC

split-complementary

#E5D756 #56ACE5 #9056E5

monochromatic

#A7991A #DCCA22 #E5D756 #EDE48B #F5F0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E5D756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#E5D756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D756

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D756	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 215, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.148 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e38b',
    500: '#e5d756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d756;
$custom-light: #f0e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.126,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8668,
    "c": 0.14817,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D756

secondary

#3642A9

accent

#23D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D756

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

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