#E5E255#E5E255

#E5E255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.159 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E255
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.83, -15.89, 66.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.83, 68.70, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.0494 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.159 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.1512, 71.7085, 19.2125)
Luminance	0.7171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E255 #5558E5

analogous

#E59A55 #E5E255 #A0E555

triadic

#E5E255 #55E5E2 #E255E5

tetradic

#E5E255 #55E59A #5558E5 #E555A0

square

#E5E255 #55E59A #5558E5 #E555A0

split-complementary

#E5E255 #55A0E5 #9A55E5

monochromatic

#A6A319 #DBD722 #E5E255 #EDEB8A #F5F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#E5E255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E255

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E255	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.159 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8b',
    500: '#e5e255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e255;
$custom-light: #f0ea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88959,
    "c": 0.15932,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E255

secondary

#3638A8

accent

#14D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E255

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

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