#E5DE50#E5DE50

#E5DE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.159 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE50
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.74, -14.21, 67.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.74, 69.17, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(88.08% -0.0452 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(88.08% 0.159 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.8845, 69.4818, 17.8447)
Luminance	0.6948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE50 #5057E5

analogous

#E59350 #E5DE50 #A1E550

triadic

#E5DE50 #50E5DE #DE50E5

tetradic

#E5DE50 #50E593 #5057E5 #E550A1

square

#E5DE50 #50E593 #5057E5 #E550A1

split-complementary

#E5DE50 #50A1E5 #9350E5

monochromatic

#A29C18 #D8CF20 #E5DE50 #EDE885 #F5F2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#E5DE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE50

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE50	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.159 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e888',
    500: '#e5de50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de50;
$custom-light: #f1e888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.181,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88082,
    "c": 0.15906,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE50

secondary

#343AA5

accent

#19D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE50

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

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