#E5E158#E5E158

#E5E158 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.156 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E158
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 88)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 61.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.59, -15.21, 65.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.59, 67.11, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(88.78% -0.0472 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(88.78% 0.156 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.0018, 71.2149, 19.7631)
Luminance	0.7121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E158 #585CE5

analogous

#E59B58 #E5E158 #A3E558

triadic

#E5E158 #58E5E1 #E158E5

tetradic

#E5E158 #58E59B #585CE5 #E558A3

square

#E5E158 #58E59B #585CE5 #E558A3

split-complementary

#E5E158 #58A3E5 #9B58E5

monochromatic

#A8A41A #DDD723 #E5E158 #EDEB8D #F5F4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E5E158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#E5E158 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E158

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E158	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.156 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8d',
    500: '#e5e158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e158;
$custom-light: #f0ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.298,
    "s": 73.057,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88776,
    "c": 0.15608,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E158

secondary

#373AAA

accent

#16D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E158

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

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