#E5E55B#E5E55B

#E5E55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.158 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E55B
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.66, -16.99, 65.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.66, 67.45, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.0519 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.158 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.2226, 73.4537, 20.7958)
Luminance	0.7345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E55B #5B5BE5

analogous

#E5A05B #E5E55B #A0E55B

triadic

#E5E55B #5BE5E5 #E55BE5

tetradic

#E5E55B #5BE5A0 #5B5BE5 #E55BA0

square

#E5E55B #5BE5A0 #5B5BE5 #E55BA0

split-complementary

#E5E55B #5BA0E5 #A05BE5

monochromatic

#ABAB1B #DDDD26 #E5E55B #EDED90 #F6F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#E5E55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E55B

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E55B	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)

#F6DC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.158 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8f',
    500: '#e5e55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e55b;
$custom-light: #f0ed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89641,
    "c": 0.15778,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E55B

secondary

#3838AC

accent

#11D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E55B

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

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