#E5E357#E5E357

#E5E357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.159 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5E357
RGBrgb(229, 227, 87)
HSLhsl(59, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(59, 62%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.9%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(88.11, -16.26, 66.32)
CIE-LCHlch(88.11, 68.29, 103.78°)
OKLaboklab(89.19% -0.0503 0.1507)
OKLCHoklch(89.19% 0.159 108.4)
XYZxyz(61.5045, 72.2861, 19.7277)
Luminance0.7228 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5E357 #5759E5
analogous
#E59C57 #E5E357 #A0E557
triadic
#E5E357 #57E5E3 #E357E5
tetradic
#E5E357 #57E59C #5759E5 #E557A0
square
#E5E357 #57E59C #5759E5 #E557A0
split-complementary
#E5E357 #57A0E5 #9C57E5
monochromatic
#A8A61A #DDDA22 #E5E357 #EDEC8C #F5F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36
#E5E357 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46
#E5E357 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E357
15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5E357#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5E3571.001.3615.4615.46
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.4621.001.001.00
##00000015.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F4DA45
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F7DF60
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4D5C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5e357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.159 108.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb8d',
    500: '#e5e357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5e357;
$custom-light: #f0eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5e357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89186,
    "c": 0.15882,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5E357
secondary
#3738AA
accent
#13D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E357

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#E5E357 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva