#E5EB59#E5EB59

#E5EB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.166 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EB59
RGB	rgb(229, 235, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.23, -20.03, 67.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.23, 70.66, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(90.89% -0.0607 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(90.89% 0.166 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.8264, 76.7974, 20.9104)
Luminance	0.7680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EB59 #5F59EB

analogous

#EBA859 #E5EB59 #9CEB59

triadic

#E5EB59 #59E5EB #EB59E5

tetradic

#E5EB59 #59EBA8 #5F59EB #EB599C

square

#E5EB59 #59EBA8 #5F59EB #EB599C

split-complementary

#E5EB59 #599CEB #A859EB

monochromatic

#ADB416 #DCE422 #E5EB59 #EEF290 #F6F8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E5EB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#E5EB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EB59

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EB59	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5eb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 235, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.166 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f18e',
    500: '#e5eb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5eb59;
$custom-light: #f0f18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5eb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.466,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90885,
    "c": 0.16551,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EB59

secondary

#3A34B4

accent

#0BDB13

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EB59

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

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