#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
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -12.67, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 64.80, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.74% -0.0399 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(87.74% 0.15 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.7116, 68.5677, 19.5388)
Luminance	0.6857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E5DC59	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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