#E5DD57#E5DD57

#E5DD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.153 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD57
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -13.30, 64.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 66.00, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.93% -0.0419 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(87.93% 0.153 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.8919, 69.0611, 19.1902)
Luminance	0.6906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD57 #575FE5

analogous

#E59657 #E5DD57 #A6E557

triadic

#E5DD57 #57E5DD #DD57E5

tetradic

#E5DD57 #57E596 #575FE5 #E557A6

square

#E5DD57 #57E596 #575FE5 #E557A6

split-complementary

#E5DD57 #57A6E5 #9657E5

monochromatic

#A8A01A #DDD222 #E5DD57 #EDE88C #F5F2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#E5DD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD57

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD57	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)

#EFD547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.153 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e78c',
    500: '#e5dd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd57;
$custom-light: #f0e78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87933,
    "c": 0.15296,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD57

secondary

#373DAA

accent

#1BD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD57

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

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