#E5ED56#E5ED56

#E5ED56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.170 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5ED56
RGB	rgb(229, 237, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.73, -21.18, 69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.73, 72.64, 106.95°)
OKLab	oklab(91.28% -0.0642 0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(91.28% 0.17 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.2788, 77.8997, 20.4524)
Luminance	0.7790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5ED56 #5E56ED

analogous

#EDA956 #E5ED56 #99ED56

triadic

#E5ED56 #56E5ED #ED56E5

tetradic

#E5ED56 #56EDA9 #5E56ED #ED5699

square

#E5ED56 #56EDA9 #5E56ED #ED5699

split-complementary

#E5ED56 #5699ED #A956ED

monochromatic

#ADB513 #DCE71F #E5ED56 #EEF38D #F6F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E5ED56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#E5ED56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5ED56

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5ED56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5ED56	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ed56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 237, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.170 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f28d',
    500: '#e5ed56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ed56;
$custom-light: #f0f28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ed56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.179,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91283,
    "c": 0.1698,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5ED56

secondary

#3932B5

accent

#08DD14

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5ED56

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

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