#E5E356#E5E356

#E5E356 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	#E5E356
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.10, -16.32, 66.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.10, 68.69, 103.75°)
OKLab	oklab(89.18% -0.0505 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(89.18% 0.16 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.4639, 72.2699, 19.5141)
Luminance	0.7227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E356 #5658E5

analogous

#E59C56 #E5E356 #A0E556

triadic

#E5E356 #56E5E3 #E356E5

tetradic

#E5E356 #56E59C #5658E5 #E556A0

square

#E5E356 #56E59C #5658E5 #E556A0

split-complementary

#E5E356 #56A0E5 #9C56E5

monochromatic

#A7A51A #DCD922 #E5E356 #EDEC8B #F5F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E5E356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E356

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E356	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)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.160 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb8c',
    500: '#e5e356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e356;
$custom-light: #f0eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.161,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89177,
    "c": 0.15956,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E356

secondary

#3638A9

accent

#13D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E356

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

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