#E5E05D#E5E05D

#E5E05D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.151 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E05D
RGB	rgb(229, 224, 93)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.37, -14.39, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.37, 64.66, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(88.61% -0.0443 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(88.61% 0.151 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.9465, 70.7615, 20.8017)
Luminance	0.7076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E05D #5D62E5

analogous

#E59C5D #E5E05D #A6E55D

triadic

#E5E05D #5DE5E0 #E05DE5

tetradic

#E5E05D #5DE59C #5D62E5 #E55DA6

square

#E5E05D #5DE59C #5D62E5 #E55DA6

split-complementary

#E5E05D #5DA6E5 #9C5DE5

monochromatic

#ACA71C #DDD628 #E5E05D #EDEA92 #F6F4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E5E05D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#E5E05D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E05D

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E05D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E05D	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)

#F1D84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e05d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 224, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.151 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e990',
    500: '#e5e05d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e05d;
$custom-light: #f0e990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e05d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.794,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88614,
    "c": 0.15116,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E05D

secondary

#393DAD

accent

#18D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E05D

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

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