#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
RGBrgb(229, 229, 86)
HSLhsl(60, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(60, 62%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(88.62, -17.30, 67.27)
CIE-LCHlch(88.62, 69.46, 104.42°)
OKLaboklab(89.6% -0.0533 0.1525)
OKLCHoklch(89.6% 0.162 109.3)
XYZxyz(62.0141, 73.3703, 19.6975)
Luminance0.7337 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##E5E5561.001.3415.6715.67
#FFFFFF1.341.0021.0021.00
#00000015.6721.001.001.00
##00000015.6721.001.001.00

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

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#E5E556 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva