#E5E157#E5E157

#E5E157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.157 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5E157
RGBrgb(229, 225, 87)
HSLhsl(58, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(58, 62%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.7%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(87.58, -15.28, 65.76)
CIE-LCHlch(87.58, 67.52, 103.08°)
OKLaboklab(88.77% -0.0475 0.1495)
OKLCHoklch(88.77% 0.157 107.6)
XYZxyz(60.9606, 71.1984, 19.5465)
Luminance0.7120 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5E157 #575BE5
analogous
#E59A57 #E5E157 #A2E557
triadic
#E5E157 #57E5E1 #E157E5
tetradic
#E5E157 #57E59A #575BE5 #E557A2
square
#E5E157 #57E59A #575BE5 #E557A2
split-complementary
#E5E157 #57A2E5 #9A57E5
monochromatic
#A8A41A #DDD722 #E5E157 #EDEA8C #F5F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38
#E5E157 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24
#E5E157 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E157
15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5E157#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5E1571.001.3815.2415.24
#FFFFFF1.381.0021.0021.00
#00000015.2421.001.001.00
##00000015.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F3D946
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F5DE5F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5D3C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5e157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.157 107.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8c',
    500: '#e5e157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5e157;
$custom-light: #f0ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5e157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88768,
    "c": 0.15684,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5E157
secondary
#373AAA
accent
#16D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E157

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#E5E157 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva