#E5E458#E5E458

#E5E458 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.159 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E458
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 88)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 61.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.38, -16.69, 66.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.38, 68.27, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(89.4% -0.0514 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(89.4% 0.159 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.8199, 72.8512, 20.0358)
Luminance	0.7285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E458 #5859E5

analogous

#E59D58 #E5E458 #A0E558

triadic

#E5E458 #58E5E4 #E458E5

tetradic

#E5E458 #58E59D #5859E5 #E558A0

square

#E5E458 #58E59D #5859E5 #E558A0

split-complementary

#E5E458 #58A0E5 #9D58E5

monochromatic

#A8A71A #DDDB23 #E5E458 #EDED8D #F5F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#E5E458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E458

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E458	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)

#F5DB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.159 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec8d',
    500: '#e5e458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e458;
$custom-light: #f0ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.574,
    "s": 73.057,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89404,
    "c": 0.15906,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E458

secondary

#3738AA

accent

#12D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E458

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

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