#E5E559#E5E559

#E5E559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.159 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E559
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.65, -17.11, 66.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.65, 68.26, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% -0.0525 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.159 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.1375, 73.4196, 20.3474)
Luminance	0.7342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E559 #5959E5

analogous

#E59F59 #E5E559 #9FE559

triadic

#E5E559 #59E5E5 #E559E5

tetradic

#E5E559 #59E59F #5959E5 #E5599F

square

#E5E559 #59E59F #5959E5 #E5599F

split-complementary

#E5E559 #599FE5 #9F59E5

monochromatic

#A9A91A #DDDD24 #E5E559 #EDED8E #F6F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#E5E559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E559

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E559	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.159 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8e',
    500: '#e5e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e559;
$custom-light: #f0ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89623,
    "c": 0.15931,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E559

secondary

#3737AB

accent

#10D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E559

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

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