#E5E34E#E5E34E

#E5E34E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.165 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E34E
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.04, -16.78, 69.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.04, 71.78, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(89.11% -0.0526 0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(89.11% 0.165 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.1594, 72.1481, 17.9106)
Luminance	0.7215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E34E #4E50E5

analogous

#E5974E #E5E34E #9CE54E

triadic

#E5E34E #4EE5E3 #E34EE5

tetradic

#E5E34E #4EE597 #4E50E5 #E54E9C

square

#E5E34E #4EE597 #4E50E5 #E54E9C

split-complementary

#E5E34E #4E9CE5 #974EE5

monochromatic

#A19F18 #D6D41F #E5E34E #EDEB83 #F5F4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#E5E34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E34E

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E34E	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.165 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eb87',
    500: '#e5e34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e34e;
$custom-light: #f1eb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.205,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89112,
    "c": 0.16525,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E34E

secondary

#3435A4

accent

#12D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E34E

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

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