#E5DD59#E5DD59

#E5DD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.151 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD59
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.55, -13.17, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.55, 65.18, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.95% -0.0413 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(87.95% 0.151 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.9748, 69.0942, 19.6265)
Luminance	0.6909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD59 #5961E5

analogous

#E59759 #E5DD59 #A7E559

triadic

#E5DD59 #59E5DD #DD59E5

tetradic

#E5DD59 #59E597 #5961E5 #E559A7

square

#E5DD59 #59E597 #5961E5 #E559A7

split-complementary

#E5DD59 #59A7E5 #9759E5

monochromatic

#A9A11A #DDD224 #E5DD59 #EDE88E #F6F3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#E5DD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD59

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD59	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.151 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e78d',
    500: '#e5dd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd59;
$custom-light: #f0e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87952,
    "c": 0.15141,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD59

secondary

#373EAB

accent

#1CD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD59

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

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