#E5E33B#E5E33B

#E5E33B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.177 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E33B
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 74.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.93, -17.68, 76.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.93, 78.31, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(88.99% -0.0569 0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(88.99% 0.177 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.5739, 71.9139, 14.8268)
Luminance	0.7191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E33B #3B3DE5

analogous

#E58E3B #E5E33B #92E53B

triadic

#E5E33B #3BE5E3 #E33BE5

tetradic

#E5E33B #3BE58E #3B3DE5 #E53B92

square

#E5E33B #3BE58E #3B3DE5 #E53B92

split-complementary

#E5E33B #3B92E5 #8E3BE5

monochromatic

#929113 #C8C61B #E5E33B #ECEB71 #F3F2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#E5E33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E33B

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E33B	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DA12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8DF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.177 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eb7e',
    500: '#e5e33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e33b;
$custom-light: #f1eb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.294,
    "s": 76.577,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88986,
    "c": 0.17659,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E33B

secondary

#2E2F97

accent

#37F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E33B

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

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