#E5DD56#E5DD56

#E5DD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.154 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD56
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -13.36, 65.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 66.41, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.93% -0.0421 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(87.93% 0.154 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.8514, 69.0448, 18.9766)
Luminance	0.6904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD56 #565EE5

analogous

#E59556 #E5DD56 #A6E556

triadic

#E5DD56 #56E5DD #DD56E5

tetradic

#E5DD56 #56E595 #565EE5 #E556A6

square

#E5DD56 #56E595 #565EE5 #E556A6

split-complementary

#E5DD56 #56A6E5 #9556E5

monochromatic

#A79F1A #DCD222 #E5DD56 #EDE88B #F5F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#E5DD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD56

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD56	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.154 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e78b',
    500: '#e5dd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd56;
$custom-light: #f0e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.643,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87925,
    "c": 0.15372,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD56

secondary

#363DA9

accent

#1BD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD56

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

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