#E5DE4C#E5DE4C

#E5DE4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.162 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE4C
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 76)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 66.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.71, -14.43, 69.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.71, 70.70, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.0462 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.162 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.7411, 69.4244, 17.0894)
Luminance	0.6942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE4C #4C53E5

analogous

#E5924C #E5DE4C #9FE54C

triadic

#E5DE4C #4CE5DE #DE4CE5

tetradic

#E5DE4C #4CE592 #4C53E5 #E54C9F

square

#E5DE4C #4CE592 #4C53E5 #E54C9F

split-complementary

#E5DE4C #4C9FE5 #924CE5

monochromatic

#9F9917 #D5CD1F #E5DE4C #EDE881 #F5F2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#E5DE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE4C

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE4C	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)

#F0D637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.162 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e886',
    500: '#e5de4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de4c;
$custom-light: #f1e886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.255,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8805,
    "c": 0.16182,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE4C

secondary

#3338A2

accent

#3FF137

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE4C

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

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