#E5E759#E5E759

#E5E759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.161 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5E759
RGBrgb(229, 231, 89)
HSLhsl(61, 75%, 63%)
HSVhsv(61, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0.9%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(89.17, -18.09, 66.64)
CIE-LCHlch(89.17, 69.06, 105.19°)
OKLaboklab(90.04% -0.0552 0.1516)
OKLCHoklch(90.04% 0.161 110)
XYZxyz(62.6941, 74.5328, 20.5330)
Luminance0.7453 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5E759 #5B59E7
analogous
#E7A259 #E5E759 #9EE759
triadic
#E5E759 #59E5E7 #E759E5
tetradic
#E5E759 #59E7A2 #5B59E7 #E7599E
square
#E5E759 #59E7A2 #5B59E7 #E7599E
split-complementary
#E5E759 #599EE7 #A259E7
monochromatic
#ABAD19 #DDDF24 #E5E759 #EDEF8E #F6F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32
#E5E759 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91
#E5E759 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E759
15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5E759#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5E7591.001.3215.9115.91
#FFFFFF1.321.0021.0021.00
#00000015.9121.001.001.00
##00000015.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F8DE47
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FAE262
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4D9C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5e759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.161 110.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ee8e',
    500: '#e5e759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5e759;
$custom-light: #f0ee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5e759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.845,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90043,
    "c": 0.16136,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.74531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5E759
secondary
#3836AE
accent
#0FD711
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E5E759 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva