#E5E53B#E5E53B

#E5E53B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.178 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E53B
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.45, -18.66, 76.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.45, 79.01, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0596 0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.178 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.1241, 73.0143, 15.0102)
Luminance	0.7301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E53B #3B3BE5

analogous

#E5903B #E5E53B #90E53B

triadic

#E5E53B #3BE5E5 #E53BE5

tetradic

#E5E53B #3BE590 #3B3BE5 #E53B90

square

#E5E53B #3BE590 #3B3BE5 #E53B90

split-complementary

#E5E53B #3B90E5 #903BE5

monochromatic

#929213 #C8C81B #E5E53B #ECEC71 #F3F3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#E5E53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E53B

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E53B	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DB10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.178 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec7e',
    500: '#e5e53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e53b;
$custom-light: #f1ec7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 76.577,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89407,
    "c": 0.17845,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E53B

secondary

#2E2E97

accent

#35F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E53B

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

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