#E5DE65#E5DE65

#E5DE65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.142 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE65
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 101)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.92, -12.84, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.92, 60.43, 102.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.28% -0.039 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(88.28% 0.142 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.7852, 69.8420, 22.5883)
Luminance	0.6984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE65 #656CE5

analogous

#E59E65 #E5DE65 #ACE565

triadic

#E5DE65 #65E5DE #DE65E5

tetradic

#E5DE65 #65E59E #656CE5 #E565AC

square

#E5DE65 #65E59E #656CE5 #E565AC

split-complementary

#E5DE65 #65ACE5 #9E65E5

monochromatic

#B2AA1E #DCD331 #E5DE65 #EEE999 #F7F4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E5DE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#E5DE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE65

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE65	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.142 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e895',
    500: '#e5de65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de65;
$custom-light: #f0e895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8828,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE65

secondary

#3C42B2

accent

#1DD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE65

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

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