#E5EE59#E5EE59

#E5EE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.169 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EE59
RGB	rgb(229, 238, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.02, -21.48, 68.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.02, 71.89, 107.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.52% -0.0647 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(91.52% 0.169 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.6926, 78.5297, 21.1991)
Luminance	0.7853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EE59 #6259EE

analogous

#EEAD59 #E5EE59 #9BEE59

triadic

#E5EE59 #59E5EE #EE59E5

tetradic

#E5EE59 #59EEAD #6259EE #EE599B

square

#E5EE59 #59EEAD #6259EE #EE599B

split-complementary

#E5EE59 #599BEE #AD59EE

monochromatic

#B0BA13 #DCE821 #E5EE59 #EEF491 #F6F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E5EE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#E5EE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EE59

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EE59	1.00	1.26	16.71	16.71
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ee59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 238, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.169 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f38e',
    500: '#e5ee59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ee59;
$custom-light: #f0f38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ee59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.624,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91519,
    "c": 0.16867,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EE59

secondary

#3B33B9

accent

#08DE15

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EE59

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

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