#E5E05B#E5E05B

#E5E05B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.153 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E05B
RGB	rgb(229, 224, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.35, -14.53, 63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.35, 65.49, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(88.6% -0.0449 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(88.6% 0.153 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.8591, 70.7265, 20.3413)
Luminance	0.7073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E05B #5B60E5

analogous

#E59B5B #E5E05B #A5E55B

triadic

#E5E05B #5BE5E0 #E05BE5

tetradic

#E5E05B #5BE59B #5B60E5 #E55BA5

square

#E5E05B #5BE59B #5B60E5 #E55BA5

split-complementary

#E5E05B #5BA5E5 #9B5BE5

monochromatic

#ABA51B #DDD626 #E5E05B #EDEA90 #F6F4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E5E05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#E5E05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E05B

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E05B	1.00	1.39	15.15	15.15
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 224, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.153 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e98f',
    500: '#e5e05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e05b;
$custom-light: #f0e98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.826,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88595,
    "c": 0.15276,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E05B

secondary

#383CAC

accent

#18D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E05B

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

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