#E5DC52#E5DC52

#E5DC52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; 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	#E5DC52
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -13.10, 66.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 67.65, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% -0.0418 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.156 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.4315, 68.4557, 18.0637)
Luminance	0.6845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC52 #525BE5

analogous

#E59352 #E5DC52 #A4E552

triadic

#E5DC52 #52E5DC #DC52E5

tetradic

#E5DC52 #52E593 #525BE5 #E552A4

square

#E5DC52 #52E593 #525BE5 #E552A4

split-complementary

#E5DC52 #52A4E5 #9352E5

monochromatic

#A49B19 #D9CE21 #E5DC52 #EDE787 #F5F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E5DC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#E5DC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC52

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC52	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)

#EED440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.156 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e689',
    500: '#e5dc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc52;
$custom-light: #f1e689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87682,
    "c": 0.15576,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC52

secondary

#353CA6

accent

#1CD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC52

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

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