#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
RGBrgb(229, 216, 89)
HSLhsl(54, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(54, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.7%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(85.25, -10.68, 62.43)
CIE-LCHlch(85.25, 63.33, 99.70°)
OKLaboklab(86.92% -0.0342 0.1427)
OKLCHoklch(86.92% 0.147 103.5)
XYZxyz(58.6743, 66.4932, 19.1930)
Luminance0.6649 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##E5D8591.001.4714.3014.30
#FFFFFF1.471.0021.0021.00
#00000014.3021.001.001.00
##00000014.3021.001.001.00

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

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#E5D859 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva