#E5E857#E5E857

#E5E857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.164 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E857
RGB	rgb(229, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.42, -18.70, 67.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.42, 70.25, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(90.24% -0.0571 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(90.24% 0.164 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.8919, 75.0610, 20.1902)
Luminance	0.7506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E857 #5A57E8

analogous

#E8A257 #E5E857 #9DE857

triadic

#E5E857 #57E5E8 #E857E5

tetradic

#E5E857 #57E8A2 #5A57E8 #E8579D

square

#E5E857 #57E8A2 #5A57E8 #E8579D

split-complementary

#E5E857 #579DE8 #A257E8

monochromatic

#AAAD18 #DDE121 #E5E857 #EDEF8D #F6F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E5E857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#E5E857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E857

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E857	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.164 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef8d',
    500: '#e5e857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e857;
$custom-light: #f0ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.241,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90236,
    "c": 0.16387,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E857

secondary

#3835AE

accent

#0DD812

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E857

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

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