#E5E174#E5E174

#E5E174 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.132 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E174
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 116)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 49.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.86, -13.12, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.86, 54.87, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.08% -0.0383 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(89.08% 0.132 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.3922, 71.7711, 27.0862)
Luminance	0.7177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E174 #7478E5

analogous

#E5A874 #E5E174 #B1E574

triadic

#E5E174 #74E5E1 #E174E5

tetradic

#E5E174 #74E5A8 #7478E5 #E574B1

square

#E5E174 #74E5A8 #7478E5 #E574B1

split-complementary

#E5E174 #74B1E5 #A874E5

monochromatic

#BCB623 #DBD640 #E5E174 #EFECA8 #F8F7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#E5E174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E174

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E174	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.132 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea9e',
    500: '#e5e174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e174;
$custom-light: #efea9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.876,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89077,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E174

secondary

#4246BB

accent

#1CD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E174

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

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