#E5EE79#E5EE79

#E5EE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.141 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EE79
RGB	rgb(229, 238, 121)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(65, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.32, -19.06, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.32, 58.28, 109.09°)
OKLab	oklab(91.85% -0.0547 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(91.85% 0.141 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.3400, 79.1887, 29.8757)
Luminance	0.7919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EE79 #8279EE

analogous

#EEBC79 #E5EE79 #ABEE79

triadic

#E5EE79 #79E5EE #EE79E5

tetradic

#E5EE79 #79EEBC #8279EE #EE79AB

square

#E5EE79 #79EEBC #8279EE #EE79AB

split-complementary

#E5EE79 #79ABEE #BC79EE

monochromatic

#C4D21B #DAE743 #E5EE79 #F0F5AF #FAFCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E5EE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.84

#E5EE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EE79

16.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EE79	1.00	1.25	16.84	16.84
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE87F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ee79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 238, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.141 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eff3a2',
    500: '#e5ee79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ee79;
$custom-light: #eff3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ee79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91854,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EE79

secondary

#4E44C7

accent

#0CDA1C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EE79

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

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