#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
RGB	rgb(229, 224, 80)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.27, -15.20, 68.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.27, 69.91, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(88.5% -0.048 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(88.5% 0.161 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.4189, 70.5505, 18.0228)
Luminance	0.7055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E5E050	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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