#E5E340#E5E340

#E5E340 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.174 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E340
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 72.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.95, -17.47, 74.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.95, 76.72, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(89.02% -0.0559 0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(89.02% 0.174 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.7099, 71.9683, 15.5428)
Luminance	0.7197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E340 #4042E5

analogous

#E59140 #E5E340 #94E540

triadic

#E5E340 #40E5E3 #E340E5

tetradic

#E5E340 #40E591 #4042E5 #E54094

square

#E5E340 #40E591 #4042E5 #E54094

split-complementary

#E5E340 #4094E5 #9140E5

monochromatic

#969514 #CCCA1C #E5E340 #ECEB76 #F4F3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#E5E340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E340

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E340	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)

#F6DA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8DF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.174 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eb80',
    500: '#e5e340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e340;
$custom-light: #f1eb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.273,
    "s": 76.037,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89015,
    "c": 0.1739,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E340

secondary

#2F309A

accent

#37F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E340

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

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