#E5E859#E5E859

#E5E859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.162 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E859
RGB	rgb(229, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.44, -18.58, 66.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.44, 69.45, 105.51°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.0566 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.162 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.9747, 75.0941, 20.6265)
Luminance	0.7509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E859 #5C59E8

analogous

#E8A459 #E5E859 #9DE859

triadic

#E5E859 #59E5E8 #E859E5

tetradic

#E5E859 #59E8A4 #5C59E8 #E8599D

square

#E5E859 #59E8A4 #5C59E8 #E8599D

split-complementary

#E5E859 #599DE8 #A459E8

monochromatic

#ABAE18 #DDE123 #E5E859 #EDEF8F #F6F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E5E859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#E5E859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E859

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E859	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)

#F9DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.162 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef8e',
    500: '#e5e859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e859;
$custom-light: #f0ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.259,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90253,
    "c": 0.16239,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E859

secondary

#3836AF

accent

#0ED812

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E859

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

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