#E5E577#E5E577

#E5E577 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.133 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E577
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 119)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 48%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -14.84, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 55.19, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.95% -0.0429 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(89.95% 0.133 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.6636, 74.0301, 28.3848)
Luminance	0.7403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E577 #7777E5

analogous

#E5AE77 #E5E577 #AEE577

triadic

#E5E577 #77E5E5 #E577E5

tetradic

#E5E577 #77E5AE #7777E5 #E577AE

square

#E5E577 #77E5AE #7777E5 #E577AE

split-complementary

#E5E577 #77AEE5 #AE77E5

monochromatic

#BDBD24 #DBDB44 #E5E577 #EFEFAA #F9F9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#E5E577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E577

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E577	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.133 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeda1',
    500: '#e5e577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e577;
$custom-light: #efeda1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.901,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89947,
    "c": 0.13312,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E577

secondary

#4444BC

accent

#16D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E577

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

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