#E5DB59#E5DB59

#E5DB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.150 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DB59
RGB	rgb(229, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.03, -12.18, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.03, 64.43, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0385 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.15 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.4499, 68.0444, 19.4516)
Luminance	0.6804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DB59 #5963E5

analogous

#E59559 #E5DB59 #A9E559

triadic

#E5DB59 #59E5DB #DB59E5

tetradic

#E5DB59 #59E595 #5963E5 #E559A9

square

#E5DB59 #59E595 #5963E5 #E559A9

split-complementary

#E5DB59 #59A9E5 #9559E5

monochromatic

#A99F1A #DDD024 #E5DB59 #EDE68E #F6F2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E5DB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#E5DB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DB59

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DB59	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5db59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.150 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e58d',
    500: '#e5db59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5db59;
$custom-light: #f0e58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5db59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87536,
    "c": 0.14951,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DB59

secondary

#3740AB

accent

#1FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DB59

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

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