#E5EE8A#E5EE8A

#E5EE8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.124 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EE8A
RGB	rgb(229, 238, 138)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(65, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 42%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.52, -17.43, 47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.52, 50.38, 110.24°)
OKLab	oklab(92.08% -0.0486 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(92.08% 0.124 113)
XYZ	xyz(67.4759, 79.6431, 35.8579)
Luminance	0.7964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EE8A #938AEE

analogous

#EEC58A #E5EE8A #B3EE8A

triadic

#E5EE8A #8AE5EE #EE8AE5

tetradic

#E5EE8A #8AEEC5 #938AEE #EE8AB3

square

#E5EE8A #8AEEC5 #938AEE #EE8AB3

split-complementary

#E5EE8A #8AB3EE #C58AEE

monochromatic

#CCDD20 #D9E655 #E5EE8A #F1F6BF #F9FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#E5EE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#E5EE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EE8A

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EE8A	1.00	1.24	16.93	16.93
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0E3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ee8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 238, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.124 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eff3ae',
    500: '#e5ee8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ee8a;
$custom-light: #eff3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ee8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.4,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92084,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.79642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EE8A

secondary

#5E53C9

accent

#0FD721

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171710

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EE8A

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

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