#E5D954#E5D954

#E5D954 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.151 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D954
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 84)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 63.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.47, -11.49, 64.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.47, 65.76, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.0371 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.152 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.7284, 66.9260, 18.2103)
Luminance	0.6692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D954 #5460E5

analogous

#E59154 #E5D954 #A9E554

triadic

#E5D954 #54E5D9 #D954E5

tetradic

#E5D954 #54E591 #5460E5 #E554A9

square

#E5D954 #54E591 #5460E5 #E554A9

split-complementary

#E5D954 #54A9E5 #9154E5

monochromatic

#A59A19 #DBCB21 #E5D954 #EDE589 #F5F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E5D954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#E5D954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D954

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D954	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.151 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e48a',
    500: '#e5d954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d954;
$custom-light: #f0e48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.034,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87076,
    "c": 0.1515,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D954

secondary

#363FA8

accent

#20D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D954

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

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