#E5E359#E5E359

#E5E359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.157 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E359
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.12, -16.13, 65.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.12, 67.48, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.2% -0.0497 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(89.2% 0.157 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.5873, 72.3192, 20.1640)
Luminance	0.7232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E359 #595BE5

analogous

#E59D59 #E5E359 #A1E559

triadic

#E5E359 #59E5E3 #E359E5

tetradic

#E5E359 #59E59D #595BE5 #E559A1

square

#E5E359 #59E59D #595BE5 #E559A1

split-complementary

#E5E359 #59A1E5 #9D59E5

monochromatic

#A9A71A #DDDA24 #E5E359 #EDEC8E #F6F5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#E5E359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E359

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E359	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)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.157 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb8e',
    500: '#e5e359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e359;
$custom-light: #f0eb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89204,
    "c": 0.15729,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E359

secondary

#3739AB

accent

#13D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E359

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

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