#E5E55D#E5E55D

#E5E55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.156 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E55D
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.68, -16.85, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.68, 66.63, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0513 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.156 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.3101, 73.4886, 21.2562)
Luminance	0.7349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E55D #5D5DE5

analogous

#E5A15D #E5E55D #A1E55D

triadic

#E5E55D #5DE5E5 #E55DE5

tetradic

#E5E55D #5DE5A1 #5D5DE5 #E55DA1

square

#E5E55D #5DE5A1 #5D5DE5 #E55DA1

split-complementary

#E5E55D #5DA1E5 #A15DE5

monochromatic

#ACAC1C #DDDD28 #E5E55D #EDED92 #F6F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#E5E55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E55D

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E55D	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.156 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed90',
    500: '#e5e55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e55d;
$custom-light: #f0ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8966,
    "c": 0.15621,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E55D

secondary

#3939AD

accent

#11D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E55D

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

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