#E5DC59#E5DC59

#E5DC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.150 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5DC59
RGBrgb(229, 220, 89)
HSLhsl(56, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(56, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.9%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(86.29, -12.67, 63.55)
CIE-LCHlch(86.29, 64.80, 101.28°)
OKLaboklab(87.74% -0.0399 0.1451)
OKLCHoklch(87.74% 0.15 105.4)
XYZxyz(59.7116, 68.5677, 19.5388)
Luminance0.6857 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5DC59 #5962E5
analogous
#E59659 #E5DC59 #A8E559
triadic
#E5DC59 #59E5DC #DC59E5
tetradic
#E5DC59 #59E596 #5962E5 #E559A8
square
#E5DC59 #59E596 #5962E5 #E559A8
split-complementary
#E5DC59 #59A8E5 #9659E5
monochromatic
#A9A01A #DDD124 #E5DC59 #EDE78E #F6F2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43
#E5DC59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71
#E5DC59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC59
14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5DC59#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5DC591.001.4314.7114.71
#FFFFFF1.431.0021.0021.00
#00000014.7121.001.001.00
##00000014.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EED54A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F1DB61
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5CEC0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5dc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.150 105.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e68d',
    500: '#e5dc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5dc59;
$custom-light: #f0e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5dc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87744,
    "c": 0.15045,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5DC59
secondary
#373FAB
accent
#1DD510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC59

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#E5DC59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva