#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
RGB	rgb(229, 231, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.14, -18.34, 68.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.14, 70.64, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(90.01% -0.0563 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(90.01% 0.164 110)
XYZ	xyz(62.5306, 74.4674, 19.6723)
Luminance	0.7447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E5E755	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E5E755

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

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