#E5E455#E5E455

#E5E455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.161 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E455
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.35, -16.87, 67.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.35, 69.47, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.38% -0.0522 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(89.38% 0.161 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.6982, 72.8025, 19.3948)
Luminance	0.7280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E455 #5556E5

analogous

#E59C55 #E5E455 #9EE555

triadic

#E5E455 #55E5E4 #E455E5

tetradic

#E5E455 #55E59C #5556E5 #E5559E

square

#E5E455 #55E59C #5556E5 #E5559E

split-complementary

#E5E455 #559EE5 #9C55E5

monochromatic

#A6A519 #DBDA22 #E5E455 #EDEC8A #F5F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E5E455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E455

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E455	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.161 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec8b',
    500: '#e5e455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e455;
$custom-light: #f0ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.583,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89378,
    "c": 0.1613,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E455

secondary

#3637A8

accent

#11D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E455

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

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