#E5DB51#E5DB51

#E5DB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.156 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DB51
RGB	rgb(229, 219, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.97, -12.66, 66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.97, 67.69, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(87.47% -0.0407 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(87.47% 0.156 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.1320, 67.9173, 17.7775)
Luminance	0.6792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DB51 #515BE5

analogous

#E59151 #E5DB51 #A5E551

triadic

#E5DB51 #51E5DB #DB51E5

tetradic

#E5DB51 #51E591 #515BE5 #E551A5

square

#E5DB51 #51E591 #515BE5 #E551A5

split-complementary

#E5DB51 #51A5E5 #9151E5

monochromatic

#A39A18 #D8CC20 #E5DB51 #EDE686 #F5F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E5DB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#E5DB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DB51

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DB51	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5db51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 219, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.156 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e588',
    500: '#e5db51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5db51;
$custom-light: #f1e588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5db51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87465,
    "c": 0.15555,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DB51

secondary

#353CA6

accent

#1DD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DB51

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

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