#E5EE52#E5EE52

#E5EE52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.174 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EE52
RGB	rgb(229, 238, 82)
HSL	hsl(63, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 65.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.97, -21.89, 71.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.97, 74.55, 107.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.46% -0.0666 0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(91.46% 0.174 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.4125, 78.4177, 19.7240)
Luminance	0.7842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EE52 #5B52EE

analogous

#EEA952 #E5EE52 #97EE52

triadic

#E5EE52 #52E5EE #EE52E5

tetradic

#E5EE52 #52EEA9 #5B52EE #EE5297

square

#E5EE52 #52EEA9 #5B52EE #EE5297

split-complementary

#E5EE52 #5297EE #A952EE

monochromatic

#ABB412 #DDE91A #E5EE52 #EDF38A #F6F9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E5EE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#E5EE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EE52

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EE52	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)

#FFE33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ee52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 238, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.174 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f38b',
    500: '#e5ee52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ee52;
$custom-light: #f1f38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ee52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.462,
    "s": 82.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91462,
    "c": 0.17363,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EE52

secondary

#3831B4

accent

#07DE13

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EE52

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

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