#E5D856#E5D856

#E5D856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.149 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D856
RGB	rgb(229, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.22, -10.87, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.22, 64.58, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.0351 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.149 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.5509, 66.4438, 18.5431)
Luminance	0.6644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D856 #5663E5

analogous

#E59056 #E5D856 #ABE556

triadic

#E5D856 #56E5D8 #D856E5

tetradic

#E5D856 #56E590 #5663E5 #E556AB

square

#E5D856 #56E590 #5663E5 #E556AB

split-complementary

#E5D856 #56ABE5 #9056E5

monochromatic

#A79A1A #DCCB22 #E5D856 #EDE48B #F5F0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E5D856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#E5D856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D856

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D856	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.149 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e38b',
    500: '#e5d856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d856;
$custom-light: #f0e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86887,
    "c": 0.14907,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D856

secondary

#3641A9

accent

#22D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D856

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

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