#E5E553#E5E553

#E5E553 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#E5E553
RGBrgb(229, 229, 83)
HSLhsl(60, 74%, 61%)
HSVhsv(60, 64%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(88.60, -17.48, 68.44)
CIE-LCHlch(88.60, 70.64, 104.33°)
OKLaboklab(89.57% -0.0541 0.1545)
OKLCHoklch(89.57% 0.164 109.3)
XYZxyz(61.8957, 73.3229, 19.0742)
Luminance0.7332 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5E553 #5353E5
analogous
#E59C53 #E5E553 #9CE553
triadic
#E5E553 #53E5E5 #E553E5
tetradic
#E5E553 #53E59C #5353E5 #E5539C
square
#E5E553 #53E59C #5353E5 #E5539C
split-complementary
#E5E553 #539CE5 #9C53E5
monochromatic
#A5A519 #DADA21 #E5E553 #EDED88 #F5F5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34
#E5E553 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66
#E5E553 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E553
15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5E553#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5E5531.001.3415.6615.66
#FFFFFF1.341.0021.0021.00
#00000015.6621.001.001.00
##00000015.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7DC3F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F8E15C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4D7C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5e553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.164 109.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8a',
    500: '#e5e553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5e553;
$custom-light: #f0ed8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5e553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89571,
    "c": 0.16374,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5E553
secondary
#3535A7
accent
#10D610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E5E553 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva