#E5E057#E5E057

#E5E057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.156 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E057
RGB	rgb(229, 224, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.32, -14.78, 65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.32, 67.13, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(88.56% -0.0461 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(88.56% 0.156 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.6911, 70.6594, 19.4566)
Luminance	0.7066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E057 #575CE5

analogous

#E59957 #E5E057 #A3E557

triadic

#E5E057 #57E5E0 #E057E5

tetradic

#E5E057 #57E599 #575CE5 #E557A3

square

#E5E057 #57E599 #575CE5 #E557A3

split-complementary

#E5E057 #57A3E5 #9957E5

monochromatic

#A8A31A #DDD622 #E5E057 #EDEA8C #F5F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E5E057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#E5E057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E057

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E057	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)

#F2D846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 224, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.156 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e98c',
    500: '#e5e057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e057;
$custom-light: #f0e98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.887,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88559,
    "c": 0.15586,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E057

secondary

#373BAA

accent

#17D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E057

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

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