#E5DD50#E5DD50

#E5DD50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.158 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD50
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.48, -13.72, 67.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.48, 68.80, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(87.87% -0.0438 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(87.87% 0.158 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.6197, 68.9522, 17.7564)
Luminance	0.6895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD50 #5058E5

analogous

#E59350 #E5DD50 #A2E550

triadic

#E5DD50 #50E5DD #DD50E5

tetradic

#E5DD50 #50E593 #5058E5 #E550A2

square

#E5DD50 #50E593 #5058E5 #E550A2

split-complementary

#E5DD50 #50A2E5 #9350E5

monochromatic

#A29B18 #D8CE20 #E5DD50 #EDE785 #F5F2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#E5DD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD50

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD50	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.158 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e788',
    500: '#e5dd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd50;
$custom-light: #f1e788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.779,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87873,
    "c": 0.15812,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD50

secondary

#343AA5

accent

#1AD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD50

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

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