#E5DE4E#E5DE4E

#E5DE4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.160 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE4E
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.73, -14.32, 68.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.73, 69.94, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(88.07% -0.0457 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(88.07% 0.16 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.8117, 69.4527, 17.4613)
Luminance	0.6945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE4E #4E55E5

analogous

#E5934E #E5DE4E #A0E54E

triadic

#E5DE4E #4EE5DE #DE4EE5

tetradic

#E5DE4E #4EE593 #4E55E5 #E54EA0

square

#E5DE4E #4EE593 #4E55E5 #E54EA0

split-complementary

#E5DE4E #4EA0E5 #934EE5

monochromatic

#A19B18 #D6CE1F #E5DE4E #EDE883 #F5F2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#E5DE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE4E

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE4E	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.160 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e887',
    500: '#e5de4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de4e;
$custom-light: #f1e887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.219,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88066,
    "c": 0.16046,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE4E

secondary

#3439A4

accent

#18D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE4E

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

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