#E5DB4A#E5DB4A

#E5DB4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.160 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DB4A
RGB	rgb(229, 219, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -13.05, 69.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 70.38, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.0425 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.16 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.8829, 67.8176, 16.4657)
Luminance	0.6782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DB4A #4A54E5

analogous

#E58E4A #E5DB4A #A2E54A

triadic

#E5DB4A #4AE5DB #DB4AE5

tetradic

#E5DB4A #4AE58E #4A54E5 #E54AA2

square

#E5DB4A #4AE58E #4A54E5 #E54AA2

split-complementary

#E5DB4A #4AA2E5 #8E4AE5

monochromatic

#9E9517 #D3C81E #E5DB4A #EDE680 #F4F0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E5DB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#E5DB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DB4A

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DB4A	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5db4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 219, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.160 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e584',
    500: '#e5db4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5db4a;
$custom-light: #f1e584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5db4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8741,
    "c": 0.1604,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DB4A

secondary

#3239A1

accent

#42F136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DB4A

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

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