#E5DC50#E5DC50

#E5DC50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.157 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC50
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.22, -13.22, 67.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.22, 68.44, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.0424 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.157 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.3565, 68.4257, 17.6687)
Luminance	0.6842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC50 #5059E5

analogous

#E59150 #E5DC50 #A3E550

triadic

#E5DC50 #50E5DC #DC50E5

tetradic

#E5DC50 #50E591 #5059E5 #E550A3

square

#E5DC50 #50E591 #5059E5 #E550A3

split-complementary

#E5DC50 #50A3E5 #9150E5

monochromatic

#A29A18 #D8CD20 #E5DC50 #EDE785 #F5F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E5DC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#E5DC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC50

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC50	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.157 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e688',
    500: '#e5dc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc50;
$custom-light: #f1e688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.376,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87665,
    "c": 0.15719,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC50

secondary

#343BA5

accent

#1BD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC50

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

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