#E5DE63#E5DE63

#E5DE63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.144 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE63
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 99)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 56.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.90, -12.98, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.90, 61.31, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.26% -0.0397 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(88.26% 0.144 106)
XYZ	xyz(60.6884, 69.8033, 22.0785)
Luminance	0.6980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE63 #636AE5

analogous

#E59D63 #E5DE63 #ABE563

triadic

#E5DE63 #63E5DE #DE63E5

tetradic

#E5DE63 #63E59D #636AE5 #E563AB

square

#E5DE63 #63E59D #636AE5 #E563AB

split-complementary

#E5DE63 #63ABE5 #9D63E5

monochromatic

#B0A81D #DCD32F #E5DE63 #EEE997 #F6F4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E5DE63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#E5DE63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE63

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE63	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.144 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e893',
    500: '#e5de63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de63;
$custom-light: #f0e893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88259,
    "c": 0.14418,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.69801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE63

secondary

#3B41B1

accent

#1CD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE63

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

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