#E5DE5B#E5DE5B

#E5DE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.151 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE5B
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.83, -13.54, 63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.83, 64.72, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(88.18% -0.0421 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(88.18% 0.151 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.3247, 69.6579, 20.1631)
Luminance	0.6966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE5B #5B62E5

analogous

#E5995B #E5DE5B #A7E55B

triadic

#E5DE5B #5BE5DE #DE5BE5

tetradic

#E5DE5B #5BE599 #5B62E5 #E55BA7

square

#E5DE5B #5BE599 #5B62E5 #E55BA7

split-complementary

#E5DE5B #5BA7E5 #995BE5

monochromatic

#ABA31B #DDD326 #E5DE5B #EDE990 #F6F3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#E5DE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE5B

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE5B	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.151 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e88f',
    500: '#e5de5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de5b;
$custom-light: #f0e88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.957,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88179,
    "c": 0.1508,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE5B

secondary

#383EAC

accent

#1BD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE5B

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

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