#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
RGB	rgb(229, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.17, -18.09, 66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.17, 69.06, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.0552 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.161 110)
XYZ	xyz(62.6941, 74.5328, 20.5330)
Luminance	0.7453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##E5E759	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E5E759

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

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