#E5D853#E5D853

#E5D853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.151 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D853
RGB	rgb(229, 216, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.20, -11.05, 64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.20, 65.81, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.86% -0.0359 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(86.86% 0.151 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.4325, 66.3965, 17.9198)
Luminance	0.6639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D853 #5360E5

analogous

#E58F53 #E5D853 #A9E553

triadic

#E5D853 #53E5D8 #D853E5

tetradic

#E5D853 #53E58F #5360E5 #E553A9

square

#E5D853 #53E58F #5360E5 #E553A9

split-complementary

#E5D853 #53A9E5 #8F53E5

monochromatic

#A59819 #DAC921 #E5D853 #EDE488 #F5F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E5D853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#E5D853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D853

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D853	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)

#EAD142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 216, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.151 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e389',
    500: '#e5d853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d853;
$custom-light: #f0e389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.658,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8686,
    "c": 0.15134,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D853

secondary

#353FA7

accent

#21D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D853

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

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