#E5DB5B#E5DB5B

#E5DB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.148 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DB5B
RGB	rgb(229, 219, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.05, -12.04, 62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.05, 63.59, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.0379 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.148 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.5350, 68.0784, 19.8999)
Luminance	0.6808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DB5B #5B65E5

analogous

#E5965B #E5DB5B #AAE55B

triadic

#E5DB5B #5BE5DB #DB5BE5

tetradic

#E5DB5B #5BE596 #5B65E5 #E55BAA

square

#E5DB5B #5BE596 #5B65E5 #E55BAA

split-complementary

#E5DB5B #5BAAE5 #965BE5

monochromatic

#ABA01B #DDCF26 #E5DB5B #EDE790 #F6F2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E5DB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#E5DB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DB5B

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DB5B	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5db5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 219, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.148 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e58e',
    500: '#e5db5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5db5b;
$custom-light: #f0e58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5db5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87555,
    "c": 0.14792,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DB5B

secondary

#3840AC

accent

#1FD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DB5B

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

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