#E5EE57#E5EE57

#E5EE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.170 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EE57
RGB	rgb(229, 238, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.01, -21.60, 69.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.01, 72.66, 107.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91.5% -0.0653 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(91.5% 0.17 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.6097, 78.4966, 20.7628)
Luminance	0.7850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EE57 #6057EE

analogous

#EEAB57 #E5EE57 #99EE57

triadic

#E5EE57 #57E5EE #EE57E5

tetradic

#E5EE57 #57EEAB #6057EE #EE5799

square

#E5EE57 #57EEAB #6057EE #EE5799

split-complementary

#E5EE57 #5799EE #AB57EE

monochromatic

#AEB813 #DCE81F #E5EE57 #EEF48F #F6F9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E5EE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#E5EE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EE57

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EE57	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ee57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 238, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.170 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f38d',
    500: '#e5ee57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ee57;
$custom-light: #f0f38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ee57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.576,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91502,
    "c": 0.17013,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EE57

secondary

#3A32B7

accent

#08DE14

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EE57

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

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