#E5ED59#E5ED59

#E5ED59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.168 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5ED59
RGB	rgb(229, 237, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.76, -21.00, 68.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.76, 71.48, 107.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.31% -0.0634 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(91.31% 0.168 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.4022, 77.9491, 21.1024)
Luminance	0.7795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5ED59 #6159ED

analogous

#EDAB59 #E5ED59 #9BED59

triadic

#E5ED59 #59E5ED #ED59E5

tetradic

#E5ED59 #59EDAB #6159ED #ED599B

square

#E5ED59 #59EDAB #6159ED #ED599B

split-complementary

#E5ED59 #599BED #AB59ED

monochromatic

#AFB814 #DCE722 #E5ED59 #EEF390 #F6F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E5ED59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#E5ED59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5ED59

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5ED59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5ED59	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ed59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 237, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.168 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f28e',
    500: '#e5ed59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ed59;
$custom-light: #f0f28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ed59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91308,
    "c": 0.16761,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5ED59

secondary

#3A33B7

accent

#09DD14

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5ED59

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

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