#E5EE50#E5EE50

#E5EE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.175 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EE50
RGB	rgb(229, 238, 80)
HSL	hsl(63, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 66.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.96, -22.01, 72.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.96, 75.29, 106.99°)
OKLab	oklab(91.45% -0.0671 0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(91.45% 0.175 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.3375, 78.3877, 19.3290)
Luminance	0.7839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EE50 #5950EE

analogous

#EEA850 #E5EE50 #96EE50

triadic

#E5EE50 #50E5EE #EE50E5

tetradic

#E5EE50 #50EEA8 #5950EE #EE5096

square

#E5EE50 #50EEA8 #5950EE #EE5096

split-complementary

#E5EE50 #5096EE #A850EE

monochromatic

#A9B211 #DDE918 #E5EE50 #EDF388 #F6F9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E5EE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#E5EE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EE50

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EE50	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ee50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 238, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.175 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f389',
    500: '#e5ee50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ee50;
$custom-light: #f1f389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ee50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.418,
    "s": 82.292,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91447,
    "c": 0.17498,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EE50

secondary

#3730B2

accent

#07DF13

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EE50

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

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