#E5EE5A#E5EE5A

#E5EE5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.168 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EE5A
RGB	rgb(229, 238, 90)
HSL	hsl(64, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.03, -21.41, 68.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.03, 71.49, 107.43°)
OKLab	oklab(91.53% -0.0645 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(91.53% 0.168 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.7348, 78.5466, 21.4218)
Luminance	0.7854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EE5A #635AEE

analogous

#EEAD5A #E5EE5A #9BEE5A

triadic

#E5EE5A #5AE5EE #EE5AE5

tetradic

#E5EE5A #5AEEAD #635AEE #EE5A9B

square

#E5EE5A #5AEEAD #635AEE #EE5A9B

split-complementary

#E5EE5A #5A9BEE #AD5AEE

monochromatic

#B0BA13 #DCE823 #E5EE5A #EEF491 #F6F9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E5EE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#E5EE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EE5A

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EE5A	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)

#FFE447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ee5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 238, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.168 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f38f',
    500: '#e5ee5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ee5a;
$custom-light: #f0f38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ee5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.649,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91528,
    "c": 0.16794,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EE5A

secondary

#3B33B9

accent

#08DE15

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EE5A

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

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