#E5E05A#E5E05A

#E5E05A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.154 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E05A
RGB	rgb(229, 224, 90)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.34, -14.59, 64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.34, 65.91, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.59% -0.0452 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(88.59% 0.154 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.8162, 70.7094, 20.1156)
Luminance	0.7071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E05A #5A5FE5

analogous

#E59B5A #E5E05A #A4E55A

triadic

#E5E05A #5AE5E0 #E05AE5

tetradic

#E5E05A #5AE59B #5A5FE5 #E55AA4

square

#E5E05A #5AE59B #5A5FE5 #E55AA4

split-complementary

#E5E05A #5AA4E5 #9B5AE5

monochromatic

#AAA51B #DDD625 #E5E05A #EDEA8F #F6F4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E5E05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#E5E05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E05A

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E05A	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 224, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.154 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e98e',
    500: '#e5e05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e05a;
$custom-light: #f0e98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.842,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88586,
    "c": 0.15354,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E05A

secondary

#383CAB

accent

#18D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E05A

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

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