#E5E059#E5E059

#E5E059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.154 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E059
RGB	rgb(229, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.34, -14.66, 64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.34, 66.32, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(88.58% -0.0455 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(88.58% 0.154 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.7739, 70.6925, 19.8929)
Luminance	0.7069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E059 #595EE5

analogous

#E59A59 #E5E059 #A4E559

triadic

#E5E059 #59E5E0 #E059E5

tetradic

#E5E059 #59E59A #595EE5 #E559A4

square

#E5E059 #59E59A #595EE5 #E559A4

split-complementary

#E5E059 #59A4E5 #9A59E5

monochromatic

#A9A41A #DDD624 #E5E059 #EDEA8E #F6F4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E5E059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#E5E059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E059

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E059	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.154 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e98d',
    500: '#e5e059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e059;
$custom-light: #f0e98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88577,
    "c": 0.15432,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E059

secondary

#373BAB

accent

#18D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E059

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

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