#E5E050#E5E050

#E5E050 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.161 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5E050
RGBrgb(229, 224, 80)
HSLhsl(58, 74%, 61%)
HSVhsv(58, 65%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.2%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(87.27, -15.20, 68.23)
CIE-LCHlch(87.27, 69.91, 102.56°)
OKLaboklab(88.5% -0.048 0.1537)
OKLCHoklch(88.5% 0.161 107.3)
XYZxyz(60.4189, 70.5505, 18.0228)
Luminance0.7055 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5E050 #5055E5
analogous
#E59650 #E5E050 #9FE550
triadic
#E5E050 #50E5E0 #E050E5
tetradic
#E5E050 #50E596 #5055E5 #E5509F
square
#E5E050 #50E596 #5055E5 #E5509F
split-complementary
#E5E050 #509FE5 #9650E5
monochromatic
#A29E18 #D8D220 #E5E050 #EDE985 #F5F3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39
#E5E050 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11
#E5E050 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E050
15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5E050#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5E0501.001.3915.1115.11
#FFFFFF1.391.0021.0021.00
#00000015.1121.001.001.00
##00000015.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F2D83C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F5DD59
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5D2C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5e050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 224, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.161 107.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e988',
    500: '#e5e050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5e050;
$custom-light: #f1e988;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5e050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.987,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88499,
    "c": 0.16097,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5E050
secondary
#3438A5
accent
#16D60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E050

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#E5E050 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva