#E5E556#E5E556

#E5E556 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	#E5E556
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.62, -17.30, 67.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.62, 69.46, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.6% -0.0533 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(89.6% 0.162 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.0141, 73.3703, 19.6975)
Luminance	0.7337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E556 #5656E5

analogous

#E59E56 #E5E556 #9EE556

triadic

#E5E556 #56E5E5 #E556E5

tetradic

#E5E556 #56E59E #5656E5 #E5569E

square

#E5E556 #56E59E #5656E5 #E5569E

split-complementary

#E5E556 #569EE5 #9E56E5

monochromatic

#A7A71A #DCDC22 #E5E556 #EDED8B #F5F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#E5E556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E556

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E556	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)

#F6DC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.162 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8c',
    500: '#e5e556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e556;
$custom-light: #f0ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89597,
    "c": 0.16156,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E556

secondary

#3636A9

accent

#10D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E556

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

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