#E5E153#E5E153

#E5E153 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.160 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E153
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.55, -15.52, 67.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.55, 69.11, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.73% -0.0486 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(88.73% 0.16 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.8017, 71.1349, 18.7095)
Luminance	0.7113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E153 #5357E5

analogous

#E59853 #E5E153 #A0E553

triadic

#E5E153 #53E5E1 #E153E5

tetradic

#E5E153 #53E598 #5357E5 #E553A0

square

#E5E153 #53E598 #5357E5 #E553A0

split-complementary

#E5E153 #53A0E5 #9853E5

monochromatic

#A5A119 #DAD521 #E5E153 #EDEA88 #F5F4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E5E153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#E5E153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E153

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E153	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.160 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8a',
    500: '#e5e153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e153;
$custom-light: #f0ea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.356,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88733,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E153

secondary

#3538A7

accent

#15D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E153

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

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