#E5DB5A#E5DB5A

#E5DB5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.149 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DB5A
RGB	rgb(229, 219, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.04, -12.11, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.04, 64.01, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(87.55% -0.0382 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(87.55% 0.149 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.4922, 68.0613, 19.6742)
Luminance	0.6806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DB5A #5A64E5

analogous

#E5955A #E5DB5A #AAE55A

triadic

#E5DB5A #5AE5DB #DB5AE5

tetradic

#E5DB5A #5AE595 #5A64E5 #E55AAA

square

#E5DB5A #5AE595 #5A64E5 #E55AAA

split-complementary

#E5DB5A #5AAAE5 #955AE5

monochromatic

#AAA01B #DDCF25 #E5DB5A #EDE78F #F6F2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E5DB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#E5DB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DB5A

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DB5A	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)

#EDD44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5db5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 219, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.149 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e58e',
    500: '#e5db5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5db5a;
$custom-light: #f0e58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5db5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.683,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87546,
    "c": 0.14872,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DB5A

secondary

#3840AB

accent

#1FD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DB5A

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

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