#E5DE5E#E5DE5E

#E5DE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.148 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE5E
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.85, -13.34, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.85, 63.46, 102.13°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0412 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.148 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.4567, 69.7107, 20.8584)
Luminance	0.6971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE5E #5E65E5

analogous

#E59A5E #E5DE5E #A8E55E

triadic

#E5DE5E #5EE5DE #DE5EE5

tetradic

#E5DE5E #5EE59A #5E65E5 #E55EA8

square

#E5DE5E #5EE59A #5E65E5 #E55EA8

split-complementary

#E5DE5E #5EA8E5 #9A5EE5

monochromatic

#ADA51C #DCD329 #E5DE5E #EEE993 #F6F4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#E5DE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE5E

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE5E	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)

#EFD650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.148 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e890',
    500: '#e5de5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de5e;
$custom-light: #f0e890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88208,
    "c": 0.14837,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE5E

secondary

#393FAE

accent

#1BD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE5E

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

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