#E5DC51#E5DC51

#E5DC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.156 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC51
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -13.16, 66.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 68.05, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.0421 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.156 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.3937, 68.4406, 17.8647)
Luminance	0.6844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC51 #515AE5

analogous

#E59251 #E5DC51 #A4E551

triadic

#E5DC51 #51E5DC #DC51E5

tetradic

#E5DC51 #51E592 #515AE5 #E551A4

square

#E5DC51 #51E592 #515AE5 #E551A4

split-complementary

#E5DC51 #51A4E5 #9251E5

monochromatic

#A39B18 #D8CD20 #E5DC51 #EDE786 #F5F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E5DC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#E5DC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC51

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC51	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.156 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e689',
    500: '#e5dc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc51;
$custom-light: #f1e689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.351,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87673,
    "c": 0.15648,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC51

secondary

#353BA6

accent

#1BD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC51

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

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