#E5E552#E5E552

#E5E552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.164 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E552
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -17.54, 68.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 71.02, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(89.56% -0.0544 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(89.56% 0.164 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.8574, 73.3076, 18.8723)
Luminance	0.7331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E552 #5252E5

analogous

#E59B52 #E5E552 #9BE552

triadic

#E5E552 #52E5E5 #E552E5

tetradic

#E5E552 #52E59B #5252E5 #E5529B

square

#E5E552 #52E59B #5252E5 #E5529B

split-complementary

#E5E552 #529BE5 #9B52E5

monochromatic

#A4A419 #D9D921 #E5E552 #EDED87 #F5F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#E5E552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E552

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E552	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)

#F7DC3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.164 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed8a',
    500: '#e5e552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e552;
$custom-light: #f1ed8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89563,
    "c": 0.16445,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E552

secondary

#3535A6

accent

#10D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E552

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

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