#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
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -13.11, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 64.76, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(87.96% -0.041 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(87.96% 0.151 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.0171, 69.1111, 19.8492)
Luminance	0.6911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##E5DD5A	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)

#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

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

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