#E5E457#E5E457

#E5E457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.160 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5E457
RGBrgb(229, 228, 87)
HSLhsl(60, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(60, 62%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(88.37, -16.75, 66.60)
CIE-LCHlch(88.37, 68.67, 104.12°)
OKLaboklab(89.4% -0.0516 0.1512)
OKLCHoklch(89.4% 0.16 108.9)
XYZxyz(61.7788, 72.8347, 19.8192)
Luminance0.7283 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5E457 #5758E5
analogous
#E59D57 #E5E457 #9FE557
triadic
#E5E457 #57E5E4 #E457E5
tetradic
#E5E457 #57E59D #5758E5 #E5579F
square
#E5E457 #57E59D #5758E5 #E5579F
split-complementary
#E5E457 #579FE5 #9D57E5
monochromatic
#A8A71A #DDDB22 #E5E457 #EDED8C #F5F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35
#E5E457 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57
#E5E457 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E457
15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5E457#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5E4571.001.3515.5715.57
#FFFFFF1.351.0021.0021.00
#00000015.5721.001.001.00
##00000015.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5DB45
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F7E060
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4D6C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.160 108.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec8d',
    500: '#e5e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5e457;
$custom-light: #f0ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89396,
    "c": 0.15981,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5E457
secondary
#3737AA
accent
#12D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E457

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#E5E457 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva