#E5D957#E5D957

#E5D957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.149 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D957
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -11.30, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 64.53, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0362 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.149 104)
XYZ	xyz(58.8484, 66.9740, 18.8424)
Luminance	0.6697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D957 #5763E5

analogous

#E59257 #E5D957 #AAE557

triadic

#E5D957 #57E5D9 #D957E5

tetradic

#E5D957 #57E592 #5763E5 #E557AA

square

#E5D957 #57E592 #5763E5 #E557AA

split-complementary

#E5D957 #57AAE5 #9257E5

monochromatic

#A89C1A #DDCD22 #E5D957 #EDE58C #F5F1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E5D957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#E5D957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D957

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D957	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.149 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e48c',
    500: '#e5d957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d957;
$custom-light: #f0e48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87103,
    "c": 0.14921,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.66972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D957

secondary

#3740AA

accent

#21D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D957

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

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