#E5E055#E5E055

#E5E055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.157 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E055
RGB	rgb(229, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.30, -14.91, 66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.30, 67.94, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(88.54% -0.0466 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(88.54% 0.157 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.6105, 70.6271, 19.0322)
Luminance	0.7063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E055 #555AE5

analogous

#E59855 #E5E055 #A2E555

triadic

#E5E055 #55E5E0 #E055E5

tetradic

#E5E055 #55E598 #555AE5 #E555A2

square

#E5E055 #55E598 #555AE5 #E555A2

split-complementary

#E5E055 #55A2E5 #9855E5

monochromatic

#A6A119 #DBD522 #E5E055 #EDEA8A #F5F3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E5E055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#E5E055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E055

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E055	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.157 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e98b',
    500: '#e5e055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e055;
$custom-light: #f0e98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.917,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88541,
    "c": 0.15736,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E055

secondary

#363AA8

accent

#17D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E055

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

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