#E5E55A#E5E55A

#E5E55A 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 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E55A
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.66, -17.05, 65.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.66, 67.86, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0522 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.159 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.1798, 73.4365, 20.5701)
Luminance	0.7343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E55A #5A5AE5

analogous

#E59F5A #E5E55A #9FE55A

triadic

#E5E55A #5AE5E5 #E55AE5

tetradic

#E5E55A #5AE59F #5A5AE5 #E55A9F

square

#E5E55A #5AE59F #5A5AE5 #E55A9F

split-complementary

#E5E55A #5A9FE5 #9F5AE5

monochromatic

#AAAA1B #DDDD25 #E5E55A #EDED8F #F6F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#E5E55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E55A

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E55A	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.159 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8e',
    500: '#e5e55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e55a;
$custom-light: #f0ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89632,
    "c": 0.15855,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E55A

secondary

#3838AB

accent

#11D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E55A

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

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