#E5D859#E5D859

#E5D859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.147 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D859
RGB	rgb(229, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -10.68, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 63.33, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.0342 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.147 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.6743, 66.4932, 19.1930)
Luminance	0.6649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D859 #5966E5

analogous

#E59259 #E5D859 #ACE559

triadic

#E5D859 #59E5D8 #D859E5

tetradic

#E5D859 #59E592 #5966E5 #E559AC

square

#E5D859 #59E592 #5966E5 #E559AC

split-complementary

#E5D859 #59ACE5 #9259E5

monochromatic

#A99C1A #DDCC24 #E5D859 #EDE48E #F6F1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E5D859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#E5D859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D859

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D859	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.147 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e38d',
    500: '#e5d859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d859;
$custom-light: #f0e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86915,
    "c": 0.14672,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D859

secondary

#3742AB

accent

#23D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D859

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

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