#E5E755#E5E755

#E5E755 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.164 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5E755
RGBrgb(229, 231, 85)
HSLhsl(61, 75%, 62%)
HSVhsv(61, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0.9%, 0%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(89.14, -18.34, 68.22)
CIE-LCHlch(89.14, 70.64, 105.05°)
OKLaboklab(90.01% -0.0563 0.1544)
OKLCHoklch(90.01% 0.164 110)
XYZxyz(62.5306, 74.4674, 19.6723)
Luminance0.7447 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5E755 #5755E7
analogous
#E7A055 #E5E755 #9CE755
triadic
#E5E755 #55E5E7 #E755E5
tetradic
#E5E755 #55E7A0 #5755E7 #E7559C
square
#E5E755 #55E7A0 #5755E7 #E7559C
split-complementary
#E5E755 #559CE7 #A055E7
monochromatic
#A8AA18 #DDDF20 #E5E755 #EDEF8B #F5F6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32
#E5E755 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89
#E5E755 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E755
15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5E755#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5E7551.001.3215.8915.89
#FFFFFF1.321.0021.0021.00
#00000015.8921.001.001.00
##00000015.8921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F8DE42
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FAE25E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4D9C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5e755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 231, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.164 110.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ee8c',
    500: '#e5e755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5e755;
$custom-light: #f0ee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5e755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.822,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90008,
    "c": 0.16432,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.74466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5E755
secondary
#3735AB
accent
#0ED711
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E5E755 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva