#E5E657#E5E657

#E5E657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.162 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E657
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.89, -17.73, 67.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.89, 69.46, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0544 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.162 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.3321, 73.9415, 20.0036)
Luminance	0.7394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E657 #5857E6

analogous

#E6A057 #E5E657 #9DE657

triadic

#E5E657 #57E5E6 #E657E5

tetradic

#E5E657 #57E6A0 #5857E6 #E6579D

square

#E5E657 #57E6A0 #5857E6 #E6579D

split-complementary

#E5E657 #579DE6 #A057E6

monochromatic

#A8A919 #DDDE22 #E5E657 #EDEE8C #F5F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#E5E657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E657

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E657	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.162 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8d',
    500: '#e5e657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e657;
$custom-light: #f0ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.42,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89815,
    "c": 0.16184,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E657

secondary

#3736AB

accent

#0FD611

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E657

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

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