#E5DC61#E5DC61

#E5DC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.144 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC61
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.36, -12.13, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.36, 61.40, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(87.82% -0.0375 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(87.82% 0.144 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.0659, 68.7095, 21.4052)
Luminance	0.6871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC61 #616AE5

analogous

#E59A61 #E5DC61 #ACE561

triadic

#E5DC61 #61E5DC #DC61E5

tetradic

#E5DC61 #61E59A #616AE5 #E561AC

square

#E5DC61 #61E59A #616AE5 #E561AC

split-complementary

#E5DC61 #61ACE5 #9A61E5

monochromatic

#AFA51D #DCD02C #E5DC61 #EEE896 #F6F3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#E5DC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC61

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC61	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.144 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e692',
    500: '#e5dc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc61;
$custom-light: #f0e692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87823,
    "c": 0.14392,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC61

secondary

#3A42B0

accent

#1FD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC61

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

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