#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
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.11, -16.26, 66.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.11, 68.29, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.19% -0.0503 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(89.19% 0.159 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.5045, 72.2861, 19.7277)
Luminance	0.7228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E5E357	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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