#E5E149#E5E149

#E5E149 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.167 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E149
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.48, -16.07, 71.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.48, 72.89, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(88.66% -0.0511 0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(88.66% 0.167 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.4431, 70.9914, 16.8208)
Luminance	0.7099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E149 #494DE5

analogous

#E59349 #E5E149 #9BE549

triadic

#E5E149 #49E5E1 #E149E5

tetradic

#E5E149 #49E593 #494DE5 #E5499B

square

#E5E149 #49E593 #494DE5 #E5499B

split-complementary

#E5E149 #499BE5 #9349E5

monochromatic

#9D9A16 #D3CE1E #E5E149 #EDEA7F #F4F3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E5E149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#E5E149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E149

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E149	1.00	1.38	15.20	15.20
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.167 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea84',
    500: '#e5e149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e149;
$custom-light: #f1ea84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88655,
    "c": 0.16662,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E149

secondary

#3235A0

accent

#3BF236

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E149

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

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