#E5E658#E5E658

#E5E658 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.161 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E658
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 88)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 61.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -17.67, 66.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 69.06, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0541 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.161 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.3733, 73.9579, 20.2203)
Luminance	0.7396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E658 #5958E6

analogous

#E6A058 #E5E658 #9EE658

triadic

#E5E658 #58E5E6 #E658E5

tetradic

#E5E658 #58E6A0 #5958E6 #E6589E

square

#E5E658 #58E6A0 #5958E6 #E6589E

split-complementary

#E5E658 #589EE6 #A058E6

monochromatic

#A9AA19 #DDDE23 #E5E658 #EDEE8D #F6F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E658 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#E5E658 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E658

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E658	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E658	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)

#F7DD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.161 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8d',
    500: '#e5e658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e658;
$custom-light: #f0ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.423,
    "s": 73.958,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89824,
    "c": 0.16109,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E658

secondary

#3737AC

accent

#0FD611

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E658

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

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