#E5E056#E5E056

#E5E056 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	#E5E056
RGB	rgb(229, 224, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.31, -14.84, 65.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.31, 67.54, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(88.55% -0.0464 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(88.55% 0.157 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.6505, 70.6431, 19.2429)
Luminance	0.7064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E056 #565BE5

analogous

#E59956 #E5E056 #A3E556

triadic

#E5E056 #56E5E0 #E056E5

tetradic

#E5E056 #56E599 #565BE5 #E556A3

square

#E5E056 #56E599 #565BE5 #E556A3

split-complementary

#E5E056 #56A3E5 #9956E5

monochromatic

#A7A21A #DCD522 #E5E056 #EDEA8B #F5F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E5E056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#E5E056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E056

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E056	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)

#F2D845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 224, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.157 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e98c',
    500: '#e5e056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e056;
$custom-light: #f0e98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.902,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8855,
    "c": 0.15661,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E056

secondary

#363AA9

accent

#17D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E056

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

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