#E5DD61#E5DD61

#E5DD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.145 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD61
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.62, -12.63, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.62, 61.79, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.03% -0.0389 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(88.03% 0.145 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.3292, 69.2359, 21.4929)
Luminance	0.6923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD61 #6169E5

analogous

#E59B61 #E5DD61 #ABE561

triadic

#E5DD61 #61E5DD #DD61E5

tetradic

#E5DD61 #61E59B #6169E5 #E561AB

square

#E5DD61 #61E59B #6169E5 #E561AB

split-complementary

#E5DD61 #61ABE5 #9B61E5

monochromatic

#AFA61D #DCD22C #E5DD61 #EEE896 #F6F4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#E5DD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD61

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD61	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.145 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e792',
    500: '#e5dd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd61;
$custom-light: #f0e792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8803,
    "c": 0.1449,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD61

secondary

#3A41B0

accent

#1DD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD61

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

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