#E5E955#E5E955

#E5E955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.166 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E955
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.67, -19.31, 68.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.67, 71.43, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.059 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.166 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.0936, 75.5933, 19.8599)
Luminance	0.7559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E955 #5955E9

analogous

#E9A355 #E5E955 #9BE955

triadic

#E5E955 #55E5E9 #E955E5

tetradic

#E5E955 #55E9A3 #5955E9 #E9559B

square

#E5E955 #55E9A3 #5955E9 #E9559B

split-complementary

#E5E955 #559BE9 #A355E9

monochromatic

#A9AD16 #DDE21F #E5E955 #EDF08B #F6F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#E5E955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E955

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E955	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.166 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef8c',
    500: '#e5e955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e955;
$custom-light: #f0ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9043,
    "c": 0.16636,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E955

secondary

#3734AE

accent

#0CD912

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E955

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

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