#E5DE68#E5DE68

#E5DE68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.140 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE68
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 104)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 54.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.95, -12.61, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.95, 59.10, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.31% -0.0381 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(88.31% 0.14 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.9349, 69.9019, 23.3766)
Luminance	0.6990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE68 #686FE5

analogous

#E59F68 #E5DE68 #ADE568

triadic

#E5DE68 #68E5DE #DE68E5

tetradic

#E5DE68 #68E59F #686FE5 #E568AD

square

#E5DE68 #68E59F #686FE5 #E568AD

split-complementary

#E5DE68 #68ADE5 #9F68E5

monochromatic

#B4AB1F #DCD334 #E5DE68 #EEE99C #F7F5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E5DE68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#E5DE68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE68

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE68	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD75C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.140 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e897',
    500: '#e5de68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de68;
$custom-light: #f0e897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88313,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE68

secondary

#3D44B4

accent

#1ED313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE68

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

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