#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
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.37, -16.75, 66.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.37, 68.67, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.4% -0.0516 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(89.4% 0.16 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.7788, 72.8347, 19.8192)
Luminance	0.7283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E5E457	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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