#E5EA57#E5EA57

#E5EA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.166 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EA57
RGB	rgb(229, 234, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.95, -19.67, 68.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.95, 71.05, 106.07°)
OKLab	oklab(90.66% -0.0599 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(90.66% 0.166 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.4581, 76.1933, 20.3789)
Luminance	0.7619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EA57 #5C57EA

analogous

#EAA657 #E5EA57 #9BEA57

triadic

#E5EA57 #57E5EA #EA57E5

tetradic

#E5EA57 #57EAA6 #5C57EA #EA579B

square

#E5EA57 #57EAA6 #5C57EA #EA579B

split-complementary

#E5EA57 #579BEA #A657EA

monochromatic

#ABB116 #DDE321 #E5EA57 #EDF18D #F6F8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E5EA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#E5EA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EA57

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EA57	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ea57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 234, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.166 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f08d',
    500: '#e5ea57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ea57;
$custom-light: #f0f08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ea57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.041,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90657,
    "c": 0.16595,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EA57

secondary

#3834B1

accent

#0BDA13

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EA57

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

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