#E5DE56#E5DE56

#E5DE56 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	#E5DE56
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.79, -13.86, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.79, 66.78, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(88.13% -0.0436 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(88.13% 0.155 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.1162, 69.5744, 19.0648)
Luminance	0.6957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE56 #565DE5

analogous

#E59756 #E5DE56 #A5E556

triadic

#E5DE56 #56E5DE #DE56E5

tetradic

#E5DE56 #56E597 #565DE5 #E556A5

square

#E5DE56 #56E597 #565DE5 #E556A5

split-complementary

#E5DE56 #56A5E5 #9756E5

monochromatic

#A7A01A #DCD322 #E5DE56 #EDE88B #F5F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#E5DE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE56

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE56	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)

#F0D645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.155 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e88c',
    500: '#e5de56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de56;
$custom-light: #f0e88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.063,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88133,
    "c": 0.15468,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE56

secondary

#363CA9

accent

#1AD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE56

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

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