#E5DE60#E5DE60

#E5DE60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.147 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE60
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 96)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.87, -13.20, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.87, 62.60, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0406 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.147 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.5476, 69.7470, 21.3372)
Luminance	0.6975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE60 #6067E5

analogous

#E59B60 #E5DE60 #A9E560

triadic

#E5DE60 #60E5DE #DE60E5

tetradic

#E5DE60 #60E59B #6067E5 #E560A9

square

#E5DE60 #60E59B #6067E5 #E560A9

split-complementary

#E5DE60 #60A9E5 #9B60E5

monochromatic

#AEA61C #DCD32B #E5DE60 #EEE995 #F6F4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E5DE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#E5DE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE60

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE60	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	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)

#EFD652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.147 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e892',
    500: '#e5de60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de60;
$custom-light: #f0e892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88228,
    "c": 0.14671,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE60

secondary

#3A40AF

accent

#1CD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE60

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

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