#E5E550#E5E550

#E5E550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.166 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E550
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.58, -17.65, 69.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.58, 71.79, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(89.55% -0.0549 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(89.55% 0.166 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.7824, 73.2776, 18.4774)
Luminance	0.7328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E550 #5050E5

analogous

#E59A50 #E5E550 #9AE550

triadic

#E5E550 #50E5E5 #E550E5

tetradic

#E5E550 #50E59A #5050E5 #E5509A

square

#E5E550 #50E59A #5050E5 #E5509A

split-complementary

#E5E550 #509AE5 #9A50E5

monochromatic

#A2A218 #D8D820 #E5E550 #EDED85 #F5F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#E5E550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E550

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E550	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.166 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed89',
    500: '#e5e550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e550;
$custom-light: #f1ed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89547,
    "c": 0.16585,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E550

secondary

#3434A5

accent

#0FD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E550

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

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