#E5E155#E5E155

#E5E155 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.158 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E155
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.57, -15.40, 66.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.57, 68.32, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(88.75% -0.048 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(88.75% 0.158 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.8801, 71.1662, 19.1221)
Luminance	0.7116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E155 #5559E5

analogous

#E59955 #E5E155 #A1E555

triadic

#E5E155 #55E5E1 #E155E5

tetradic

#E5E155 #55E599 #5559E5 #E555A1

square

#E5E155 #55E599 #5559E5 #E555A1

split-complementary

#E5E155 #55A1E5 #9955E5

monochromatic

#A6A219 #DBD622 #E5E155 #EDEA8A #F5F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E5E155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#E5E155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E155

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E155	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)

#F3D943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.158 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8b',
    500: '#e5e155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e155;
$custom-light: #f0ea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8875,
    "c": 0.15833,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E155

secondary

#3639A8

accent

#15D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E155

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

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