#E5E858#E5E858

#E5E858 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.163 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E858
RGB	rgb(229, 232, 88)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 62.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.43, -18.64, 67.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.43, 69.85, 105.48°)
OKLab	oklab(90.24% -0.0569 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(90.24% 0.163 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.9330, 75.0774, 20.4069)
Luminance	0.7508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E858 #5B58E8

analogous

#E8A358 #E5E858 #9DE858

triadic

#E5E858 #58E5E8 #E858E5

tetradic

#E5E858 #58E8A3 #5B58E8 #E8589D

square

#E5E858 #58E8A3 #5B58E8 #E8589D

split-complementary

#E5E858 #589DE8 #A358E8

monochromatic

#ABAE18 #DDE122 #E5E858 #EDEF8E #F6F7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E5E858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#E5E858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E858

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E858	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 232, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.163 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef8d',
    500: '#e5e858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e858;
$custom-light: #f0ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 75.789,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90244,
    "c": 0.16314,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E858

secondary

#3836AF

accent

#0ED812

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E858

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

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