#E5E355#E5E355

#E5E355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.160 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E355
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.09, -16.38, 67.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.09, 69.08, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(89.17% -0.0508 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(89.17% 0.16 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.4239, 72.2539, 19.3034)
Luminance	0.7225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E355 #5557E5

analogous

#E59B55 #E5E355 #9FE555

triadic

#E5E355 #55E5E3 #E355E5

tetradic

#E5E355 #55E59B #5557E5 #E5559F

square

#E5E355 #55E59B #5557E5 #E5559F

split-complementary

#E5E355 #559FE5 #9B55E5

monochromatic

#A6A419 #DBD922 #E5E355 #EDEC8A #F5F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E5E355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E355

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E355	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.160 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb8b',
    500: '#e5e355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e355;
$custom-light: #f0eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89169,
    "c": 0.16031,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E355

secondary

#3638A8

accent

#13D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E355

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

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