#E5E353#E5E353

#E5E353 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.162 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E353
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -16.50, 67.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 69.87, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(89.15% -0.0513 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(89.15% 0.162 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.3456, 72.2225, 18.8908)
Luminance	0.7222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E353 #5355E5

analogous

#E59A53 #E5E353 #9EE553

triadic

#E5E353 #53E5E3 #E353E5

tetradic

#E5E353 #53E59A #5355E5 #E5539E

square

#E5E353 #53E59A #5355E5 #E5539E

split-complementary

#E5E353 #539EE5 #9A53E5

monochromatic

#A5A319 #DAD721 #E5E353 #EDEC88 #F5F4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#E5E353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E353

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E353	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.162 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb8a',
    500: '#e5e353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e353;
$custom-light: #f0eb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89152,
    "c": 0.16176,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E353

secondary

#3537A7

accent

#12D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E353

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

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