#E5EB55#E5EB55

#E5EB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.168 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EB55
RGB	rgb(229, 235, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 63.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.20, -20.28, 69.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.20, 72.22, 106.30°)
OKLab	oklab(90.85% -0.0618 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(90.85% 0.168 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.6630, 76.7321, 20.0497)
Luminance	0.7673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EB55 #5B55EB

analogous

#EBA655 #E5EB55 #9AEB55

triadic

#E5EB55 #55E5EB #EB55E5

tetradic

#E5EB55 #55EBA6 #5B55EB #EB559A

square

#E5EB55 #55EBA6 #5B55EB #EB559A

split-complementary

#E5EB55 #559AEB #A655EB

monochromatic

#ABB115 #DDE51E #E5EB55 #EDF18C #F6F8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E5EB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#E5EB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EB55

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EB55	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5eb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 235, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.168 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f18c',
    500: '#e5eb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5eb55;
$custom-light: #f0f18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5eb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90852,
    "c": 0.16843,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EB55

secondary

#3833B1

accent

#0ADB13

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EB55

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

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