#E5E15A#E5E15A

#E5E15A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.155 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E15A
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 90)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.61, -15.09, 64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.61, 66.29, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(88.8% -0.0466 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(88.8% 0.155 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.0858, 71.2485, 20.2054)
Luminance	0.7125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E15A #5A5EE5

analogous

#E59B5A #E5E15A #A4E55A

triadic

#E5E15A #5AE5E1 #E15AE5

tetradic

#E5E15A #5AE59B #5A5EE5 #E55AA4

square

#E5E15A #5AE59B #5A5EE5 #E55AA4

split-complementary

#E5E15A #5AA4E5 #9B5AE5

monochromatic

#AAA61B #DDD725 #E5E15A #EDEB8F #F6F4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E5E15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#E5E15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E15A

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E15A	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.155 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8e',
    500: '#e5e15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e15a;
$custom-light: #f0ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.273,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88795,
    "c": 0.15453,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E15A

secondary

#383BAB

accent

#16D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E15A

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

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