#E5D852#E5D852

#E5D852 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.152 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D852
RGB	rgb(229, 216, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -11.11, 65.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 66.22, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0362 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.152 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.3942, 66.3812, 17.7179)
Luminance	0.6638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D852 #525FE5

analogous

#E58E52 #E5D852 #A8E552

triadic

#E5D852 #52E5D8 #D852E5

tetradic

#E5D852 #52E58E #525FE5 #E552A8

square

#E5D852 #52E58E #525FE5 #E552A8

split-complementary

#E5D852 #52A8E5 #8E52E5

monochromatic

#A49819 #D9C921 #E5D852 #EDE487 #F5F0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E5D852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#E5D852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D852

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D852	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 216, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.152 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e389',
    500: '#e5d852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d852;
$custom-light: #f1e389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.694,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86852,
    "c": 0.15209,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D852

secondary

#353FA6

accent

#21D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D852

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

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