#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
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.78, -13.92, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.78, 67.19, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(88.12% -0.0438 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(88.12% 0.155 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.0762, 69.5584, 18.8541)
Luminance	0.6956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E5DE55	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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