#E5E140#E5E140

#E5E140 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.172 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E140
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 72.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -16.49, 74.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 76.02, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(88.6% -0.0532 0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(88.6% 0.172 108)
XYZ	xyz(60.1660, 70.8806, 15.3615)
Luminance	0.7088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E140 #4044E5

analogous

#E58E40 #E5E140 #97E540

triadic

#E5E140 #40E5E1 #E140E5

tetradic

#E5E140 #40E58E #4044E5 #E54097

square

#E5E140 #40E58E #4044E5 #E54097

split-complementary

#E5E140 #4097E5 #8E40E5

monochromatic

#969314 #CCC81C #E5E140 #ECE976 #F4F2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E5E140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#E5E140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E140

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E140	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.172 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea80',
    500: '#e5e140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e140;
$custom-light: #f1ea80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.545,
    "s": 76.037,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88595,
    "c": 0.17203,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.70879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E140

secondary

#2F329A

accent

#3AF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E140

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

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