#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
RGBrgb(229, 237, 89)
HSLhsl(63, 80%, 64%)
HSVhsv(63, 62%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(3.4%, 0%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(90.76, -21.00, 68.32)
CIE-LCHlch(90.76, 71.48, 107.08°)
OKLaboklab(91.31% -0.0634 0.1552)
OKLCHoklch(91.31% 0.168 112.2)
XYZxyz(64.4022, 77.9491, 21.1024)
Luminance0.7795 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E5ED591.001.2716.5916.59
#FFFFFF1.271.0021.0021.00
#00000016.5921.001.001.00
##00000016.5921.001.001.00

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

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#E5ED59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva