#E5E17C#E5E17C

#E5E17C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.124 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E17C
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 124)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 46%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 45.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.95, -12.40, 49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.95, 51.13, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(89.18% -0.0355 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(89.18% 0.124 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.8778, 71.9653, 29.6433)
Luminance	0.7196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E17C #7C80E5

analogous

#E5AD7C #E5E17C #B5E57C

triadic

#E5E17C #7CE5E1 #E17CE5

tetradic

#E5E17C #7CE5AD #7C80E5 #E57CB5

square

#E5E17C #7CE5AD #7C80E5 #E57CB5

split-complementary

#E5E17C #7CB5E5 #AD7CE5

monochromatic

#C0BB26 #DBD549 #E5E17C #EFEDAF #F9F8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#E5E17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E17C

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E17C	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.124 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeaa4',
    500: '#e5e17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e17c;
$custom-light: #efeaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.714,
    "s": 66.879,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89182,
    "c": 0.12376,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E17C

secondary

#484DBD

accent

#1ECF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E17C

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

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