#E5DC5B#E5DC5B

#E5DC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.149 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC5B
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.31, -12.54, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.31, 63.97, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(87.76% -0.0393 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(87.76% 0.149 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.7967, 68.6018, 19.9871)
Luminance	0.6860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC5B #5B64E5

analogous

#E5975B #E5DC5B #A9E55B

triadic

#E5DC5B #5BE5DC #DC5BE5

tetradic

#E5DC5B #5BE597 #5B64E5 #E55BA9

square

#E5DC5B #5BE597 #5B64E5 #E55BA9

split-complementary

#E5DC5B #5BA9E5 #975BE5

monochromatic

#ABA11B #DDD126 #E5DC5B #EDE790 #F6F3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E5DC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#E5DC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC5B

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC5B	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.149 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e68e',
    500: '#e5dc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc5b;
$custom-light: #f0e68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87763,
    "c": 0.14887,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC5B

secondary

#3840AC

accent

#1ED511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC5B

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

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