#E5E555#E5E555

#E5E555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.162 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E555
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.62, -17.36, 67.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.62, 69.86, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.0536 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.162 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.9741, 73.3543, 19.4868)
Luminance	0.7335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E555 #5555E5

analogous

#E59D55 #E5E555 #9DE555

triadic

#E5E555 #55E5E5 #E555E5

tetradic

#E5E555 #55E59D #5555E5 #E5559D

square

#E5E555 #55E59D #5555E5 #E5559D

split-complementary

#E5E555 #559DE5 #9D55E5

monochromatic

#A6A619 #DBDB22 #E5E555 #EDED8A #F5F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#E5E555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E555

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E555	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.162 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8c',
    500: '#e5e555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e555;
$custom-light: #f0ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89588,
    "c": 0.1623,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E555

secondary

#3636A8

accent

#10D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E555

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

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