#E5DB4E#E5DB4E

#E5DB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.158 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DB4E
RGB	rgb(229, 219, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.94, -12.83, 67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.94, 68.86, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.44% -0.0415 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(87.44% 0.158 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.0220, 67.8732, 17.1981)
Luminance	0.6787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DB4E #4E58E5

analogous

#E58F4E #E5DB4E #A4E54E

triadic

#E5DB4E #4EE5DB #DB4EE5

tetradic

#E5DB4E #4EE58F #4E58E5 #E54EA4

square

#E5DB4E #4EE58F #4E58E5 #E54EA4

split-complementary

#E5DB4E #4EA4E5 #8F4EE5

monochromatic

#A19818 #D6CA1F #E5DB4E #EDE683 #F5F1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E5DB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#E5DB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DB4E

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DB4E	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5db4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 219, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.158 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e587',
    500: '#e5db4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5db4e;
$custom-light: #f1e587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5db4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.026,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87441,
    "c": 0.15768,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DB4E

secondary

#343BA4

accent

#1CD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DB4E

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

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