#E5E958#E5E958

#E5E958 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.164 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E958
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 88)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.69, -19.13, 67.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.69, 70.25, 105.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.46% -0.0582 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(90.46% 0.164 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.2153, 75.6420, 20.5010)
Luminance	0.7564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E958 #5C58E9

analogous

#E9A458 #E5E958 #9CE958

triadic

#E5E958 #58E5E9 #E958E5

tetradic

#E5E958 #58E9A4 #5C58E9 #E9589C

square

#E5E958 #58E9A4 #5C58E9 #E9589C

split-complementary

#E5E958 #589CE9 #A458E9

monochromatic

#ABAF17 #DDE222 #E5E958 #EDF08E #F6F7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E958 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#E5E958 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E958

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E958	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E958	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e958;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.164 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef8e',
    500: '#e5e958',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e958;
$custom-light: #f0ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e958",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.655,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90455,
    "c": 0.16417,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E958

secondary

#3835B0

accent

#0DD912

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E958

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

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