#E5DC56#E5DC56

#E5DC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.153 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC56
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.27, -12.86, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.27, 66.04, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(87.72% -0.0407 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(87.72% 0.153 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.5881, 68.5184, 18.8888)
Luminance	0.6852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC56 #565FE5

analogous

#E59556 #E5DC56 #A7E556

triadic

#E5DC56 #56E5DC #DC56E5

tetradic

#E5DC56 #56E595 #565FE5 #E556A7

square

#E5DC56 #56E595 #565FE5 #E556A7

split-complementary

#E5DC56 #56A7E5 #9556E5

monochromatic

#A79E1A #DCD022 #E5DC56 #EDE78B #F5F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E5DC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#E5DC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC56

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC56	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.153 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e68b',
    500: '#e5dc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc56;
$custom-light: #f0e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.224,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87717,
    "c": 0.15277,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC56

secondary

#363EA9

accent

#1CD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC56

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

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