#E5DE5F#E5DE5F

#E5DE5F 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 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE5F
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 95)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 58.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.86, -13.27, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.86, 63.03, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(88.22% -0.0409 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(88.22% 0.148 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.5019, 69.7287, 21.0962)
Luminance	0.6973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE5F #5F66E5

analogous

#E59B5F #E5DE5F #A9E55F

triadic

#E5DE5F #5FE5DE #DE5FE5

tetradic

#E5DE5F #5FE59B #5F66E5 #E55FA9

square

#E5DE5F #5FE59B #5F66E5 #E55FA9

split-complementary

#E5DE5F #5FA9E5 #9B5FE5

monochromatic

#ADA61C #DCD32A #E5DE5F #EEE994 #F6F4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#E5DE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE5F

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE5F	1.00	1.41	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.148 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e891',
    500: '#e5de5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de5f;
$custom-light: #f0e891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88218,
    "c": 0.14755,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE5F

secondary

#3A40AF

accent

#1CD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE5F

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

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