#E5DE59#E5DE59

#E5DE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.152 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE59
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.81, -13.67, 64.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.81, 65.56, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(88.16% -0.0427 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(88.16% 0.152 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.2396, 69.6238, 19.7148)
Luminance	0.6962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE59 #5960E5

analogous

#E59859 #E5DE59 #A6E559

triadic

#E5DE59 #59E5DE #DE59E5

tetradic

#E5DE59 #59E598 #5960E5 #E559A6

square

#E5DE59 #59E598 #5960E5 #E559A6

split-complementary

#E5DE59 #59A6E5 #9859E5

monochromatic

#A9A21A #DDD324 #E5DE59 #EDE98E #F6F3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#E5DE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE59

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE59	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)

#F0D649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.152 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e88d',
    500: '#e5de59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de59;
$custom-light: #f0e88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8816,
    "c": 0.15238,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE59

secondary

#373DAB

accent

#1AD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE59

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

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