#E5DD5A#E5DD5A

#E5DD5A 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#E5DD5A
RGBrgb(229, 221, 90)
HSLhsl(57, 73%, 63%)
HSVhsv(57, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.5%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(86.56, -13.11, 63.42)
CIE-LCHlch(86.56, 64.76, 101.68°)
OKLaboklab(87.96% -0.041 0.1449)
OKLCHoklch(87.96% 0.151 105.8)
XYZxyz(60.0171, 69.1111, 19.8492)
Luminance0.6911 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5DD5A #5A62E5
analogous
#E5985A #E5DD5A #A7E55A
triadic
#E5DD5A #5AE5DD #DD5AE5
tetradic
#E5DD5A #5AE598 #5A62E5 #E55AA7
square
#E5DD5A #5AE598 #5A62E5 #E55AA7
split-complementary
#E5DD5A #5AA7E5 #985AE5
monochromatic
#AAA21B #DDD225 #E5DD5A #EDE88F #F6F3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42
#E5DD5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82
#E5DD5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD5A
14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5DD5A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5DD5A1.001.4214.8214.82
#FFFFFF1.421.0021.0021.00
#00000014.8221.001.001.00
##00000014.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EFD54B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F2DB62
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5CFC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5dd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.151 105.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e78e',
    500: '#e5dd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5dd5a;
$custom-light: #f0e78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5dd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.547,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87961,
    "c": 0.15063,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5DD5A
secondary
#383EAB
accent
#1CD511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD5A

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#E5DD5A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva