#E5DE5D#E5DE5D

#E5DE5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.149 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE5D
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 93)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.85, -13.40, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.85, 63.88, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0415 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.149 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.4121, 69.6928, 20.6236)
Luminance	0.6969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE5D #5D64E5

analogous

#E59A5D #E5DE5D #A8E55D

triadic

#E5DE5D #5DE5DE #DE5DE5

tetradic

#E5DE5D #5DE59A #5D64E5 #E55DA8

square

#E5DE5D #5DE59A #5D64E5 #E55DA8

split-complementary

#E5DE5D #5DA8E5 #9A5DE5

monochromatic

#ACA51C #DDD328 #E5DE5D #EDE992 #F6F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#E5DE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE5D

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE5D	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.149 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e890',
    500: '#e5de5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de5d;
$custom-light: #f0e890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88198,
    "c": 0.14918,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE5D

secondary

#393FAD

accent

#1BD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE5D

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

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