#E5E154#E5E154

#E5E154 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.159 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E154
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 84)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 63.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.56, -15.46, 66.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.56, 68.72, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.74% -0.0483 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(88.74% 0.159 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.8406, 71.1504, 18.9143)
Luminance	0.7115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E154 #5458E5

analogous

#E59954 #E5E154 #A1E554

triadic

#E5E154 #54E5E1 #E154E5

tetradic

#E5E154 #54E599 #5458E5 #E554A1

square

#E5E154 #54E599 #5458E5 #E554A1

split-complementary

#E5E154 #54A1E5 #9954E5

monochromatic

#A5A219 #DBD521 #E5E154 #EDEA89 #F5F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E5E154 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#E5E154 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E154

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E154	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E154	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e154;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.159 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8b',
    500: '#e5e154',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e154;
$custom-light: #f0ea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e154",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.345,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88742,
    "c": 0.15907,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E154

secondary

#3639A8

accent

#15D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E154

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

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