#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
RGBrgb(229, 227, 89)
HSLhsl(59, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(59, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(88.12, -16.13, 65.52)
CIE-LCHlch(88.12, 67.48, 103.83°)
OKLaboklab(89.2% -0.0497 0.1492)
OKLCHoklch(89.2% 0.157 108.4)
XYZxyz(61.5873, 72.3192, 20.1640)
Luminance0.7232 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E5E3591.001.3615.4615.46
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.4621.001.001.00
##00000015.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#E5E359 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva