#E5DE57#E5DE57

#E5DE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.154 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE57
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.80, -13.79, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.80, 66.38, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(88.14% -0.0433 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(88.14% 0.154 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.1568, 69.5907, 19.2785)
Luminance	0.6959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE57 #575EE5

analogous

#E59757 #E5DE57 #A5E557

triadic

#E5DE57 #57E5DE #DE57E5

tetradic

#E5DE57 #57E597 #575EE5 #E557A5

square

#E5DE57 #57E597 #575EE5 #E557A5

split-complementary

#E5DE57 #57A5E5 #9757E5

monochromatic

#A8A11A #DDD322 #E5DE57 #EDE88C #F5F3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#E5DE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE57

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE57	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.154 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e88c',
    500: '#e5de57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de57;
$custom-light: #f0e88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.042,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88142,
    "c": 0.15392,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE57

secondary

#373CAA

accent

#1AD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE57

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

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