#E5DB40#E5DB40

#E5DB40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.167 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DB40
RGB	rgb(229, 219, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 72.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.85, -13.53, 72.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.85, 73.95, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.34% -0.0449 0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(87.34% 0.167 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.5724, 67.6934, 14.8303)
Luminance	0.6769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DB40 #404AE5

analogous

#E58940 #E5DB40 #9CE540

triadic

#E5DB40 #40E5DB #DB40E5

tetradic

#E5DB40 #40E589 #404AE5 #E5409C

square

#E5DB40 #40E589 #404AE5 #E5409C

split-complementary

#E5DB40 #409CE5 #8940E5

monochromatic

#968E14 #CCC11C #E5DB40 #ECE576 #F4EFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E5DB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#E5DB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DB40

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DB40	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5db40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 219, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.167 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e57f',
    500: '#e5db40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5db40;
$custom-light: #f1e57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5db40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 76.037,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8734,
    "c": 0.16659,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DB40

secondary

#2F369A

accent

#41F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DB40

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

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