#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
RGBrgb(229, 227, 85)
HSLhsl(59, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(59, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.9%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(88.09, -16.38, 67.11)
CIE-LCHlch(88.09, 69.08, 103.72°)
OKLaboklab(89.17% -0.0508 0.152)
OKLCHoklch(89.17% 0.16 108.5)
XYZxyz(61.4239, 72.2539, 19.3034)
Luminance0.7225 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E5E3551.001.3615.4515.45
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.4521.001.001.00
##00000015.4521.001.001.00

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

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#E5E355 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva