#E5DB5E#E5DB5E

#E5DB5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.145 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DB5E
RGB	rgb(229, 219, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.07, -11.84, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.07, 62.32, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(87.59% -0.037 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(87.59% 0.145 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.6670, 68.1312, 20.5951)
Luminance	0.6813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DB5E #5E68E5

analogous

#E5975E #E5DB5E #ABE55E

triadic

#E5DB5E #5EE5DB #DB5EE5

tetradic

#E5DB5E #5EE597 #5E68E5 #E55EAB

square

#E5DB5E #5EE597 #5E68E5 #E55EAB

split-complementary

#E5DB5E #5EABE5 #975EE5

monochromatic

#ADA21C #DCCF29 #E5DB5E #EEE793 #F6F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E5DB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#E5DB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DB5E

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DB5E	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5db5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 219, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.145 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e590',
    500: '#e5db5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5db5e;
$custom-light: #f0e590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5db5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87585,
    "c": 0.14548,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DB5E

secondary

#3942AE

accent

#20D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DB5E

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

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