#E5E34A#E5E34A

#E5E34A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.168 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E34A
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -17.00, 71.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 73.26, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(89.08% -0.0536 0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(89.08% 0.168 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.0204, 72.0925, 17.1781)
Luminance	0.7209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E34A #4A4CE5

analogous

#E5964A #E5E34A #9AE54A

triadic

#E5E34A #4AE5E3 #E34AE5

tetradic

#E5E34A #4AE596 #4A4CE5 #E54A9A

square

#E5E34A #4AE596 #4A4CE5 #E54A9A

split-complementary

#E5E34A #4A9AE5 #964AE5

monochromatic

#9E9C17 #D3D11E #E5E34A #EDEB80 #F4F4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E34A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#E5E34A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E34A

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E34A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E34A	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e34a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.168 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eb85',
    500: '#e5e34a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e34a;
$custom-light: #f1eb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e34a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.226,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89082,
    "c": 0.16789,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E34A

secondary

#3234A1

accent

#39F136

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E34A

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

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