#E5DE55#E5DE55

#E5DE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.155 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5DE55
RGBrgb(229, 222, 85)
HSLhsl(57, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(57, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.1%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(86.78, -13.92, 65.73)
CIE-LCHlch(86.78, 67.19, 101.95°)
OKLaboklab(88.12% -0.0438 0.1491)
OKLCHoklch(88.12% 0.155 106.4)
XYZxyz(60.0762, 69.5584, 18.8541)
Luminance0.6956 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5DE55 #555CE5
analogous
#E59655 #E5DE55 #A4E555
triadic
#E5DE55 #55E5DE #DE55E5
tetradic
#E5DE55 #55E596 #555CE5 #E555A4
square
#E5DE55 #55E596 #555CE5 #E555A4
split-complementary
#E5DE55 #55A4E5 #9655E5
monochromatic
#A69F19 #DBD222 #E5DE55 #EDE88A #F5F3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41
#E5DE55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91
#E5DE55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE55
14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5DE55#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5DE551.001.4114.9114.91
#FFFFFF1.411.0021.0021.00
#00000014.9121.001.001.00
##00000014.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F0D644
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F3DC5D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5D0C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5de55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.155 106.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e88b',
    500: '#e5de55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5de55;
$custom-light: #f0e88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5de55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.083,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88124,
    "c": 0.15543,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5DE55
secondary
#363CA8
accent
#1AD610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE55

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#E5DE55 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva