#E5DD51#E5DD51

#E5DD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.157 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD51
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.49, -13.66, 67.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.49, 68.41, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0435 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.157 106)
XYZ	xyz(59.6569, 68.9670, 17.9525)
Luminance	0.6896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD51 #5159E5

analogous

#E59351 #E5DD51 #A3E551

triadic

#E5DD51 #51E5DD #DD51E5

tetradic

#E5DD51 #51E593 #5159E5 #E551A3

square

#E5DD51 #51E593 #5159E5 #E551A3

split-complementary

#E5DD51 #51A3E5 #9351E5

monochromatic

#A39C18 #D8CF20 #E5DD51 #EDE786 #F5F2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#E5DD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD51

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD51	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)

#EFD53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.157 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e789',
    500: '#e5dd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd51;
$custom-light: #f1e789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87882,
    "c": 0.15742,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.68965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD51

secondary

#353BA6

accent

#1AD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD51

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

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