#E5ED57#E5ED57

#E5ED57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.169 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5ED57
RGB	rgb(229, 237, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.74, -21.12, 69.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.74, 72.25, 107.00°)
OKLab	oklab(91.29% -0.064 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(91.29% 0.169 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.3194, 77.9159, 20.6660)
Luminance	0.7792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5ED57 #5F57ED

analogous

#EDAA57 #E5ED57 #9AED57

triadic

#E5ED57 #57E5ED #ED57E5

tetradic

#E5ED57 #57EDAA #5F57ED #ED579A

square

#E5ED57 #57EDAA #5F57ED #ED579A

split-complementary

#E5ED57 #579AED #AA57ED

monochromatic

#ADB614 #DCE720 #E5ED57 #EEF38E #F6F9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E5ED57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#E5ED57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5ED57

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5ED57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5ED57	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ed57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 237, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.169 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f28d',
    500: '#e5ed57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ed57;
$custom-light: #f0f28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ed57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.2,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91291,
    "c": 0.16908,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5ED57

secondary

#3A33B6

accent

#09DD14

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5ED57

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

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