#E5E159#E5E159

#E5E159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.155 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E159
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.60, -15.15, 64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.60, 66.70, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(88.79% -0.0469 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(88.79% 0.155 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.0435, 71.2316, 19.9828)
Luminance	0.7123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E159 #595DE5

analogous

#E59B59 #E5E159 #A3E559

triadic

#E5E159 #59E5E1 #E159E5

tetradic

#E5E159 #59E59B #595DE5 #E559A3

square

#E5E159 #59E59B #595DE5 #E559A3

split-complementary

#E5E159 #59A3E5 #9B59E5

monochromatic

#A9A51A #DDD724 #E5E159 #EDEB8E #F6F4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E5E159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#E5E159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E159

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E159	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.155 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8e',
    500: '#e5e159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e159;
$custom-light: #f0ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88786,
    "c": 0.1553,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E159

secondary

#373BAB

accent

#16D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E159

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

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