#E5DE4A#E5DE4A

#E5DE4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.163 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE4A
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.70, -14.54, 69.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.70, 71.45, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(88.04% -0.0467 0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(88.04% 0.163 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.6727, 69.3970, 16.7289)
Luminance	0.6939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE4A #4A51E5

analogous

#E5904A #E5DE4A #9FE54A

triadic

#E5DE4A #4AE5DE #DE4AE5

tetradic

#E5DE4A #4AE590 #4A51E5 #E54A9F

square

#E5DE4A #4AE590 #4A51E5 #E54A9F

split-complementary

#E5DE4A #4A9FE5 #904AE5

monochromatic

#9E9817 #D3CB1E #E5DE4A #EDE880 #F4F2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#E5DE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE4A

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE4A	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.163 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e885',
    500: '#e5de4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de4a;
$custom-light: #f1e885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.29,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88035,
    "c": 0.16315,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE4A

secondary

#3237A1

accent

#3FF136

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE4A

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

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