#E5E35A#E5E35A

#E5E35A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.157 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E35A
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.13, -16.07, 65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.13, 67.07, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(89.21% -0.0494 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(89.21% 0.157 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.6296, 72.3362, 20.3867)
Luminance	0.7233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E35A #5A5CE5

analogous

#E59E5A #E5E35A #A1E55A

triadic

#E5E35A #5AE5E3 #E35AE5

tetradic

#E5E35A #5AE59E #5A5CE5 #E55AA1

square

#E5E35A #5AE59E #5A5CE5 #E55AA1

split-complementary

#E5E35A #5AA1E5 #9E5AE5

monochromatic

#AAA81B #DDDA25 #E5E35A #EDEC8F #F6F5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#E5E35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E35A

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E35A	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.157 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb8e',
    500: '#e5e35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e35a;
$custom-light: #f0eb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89213,
    "c": 0.15653,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E35A

secondary

#3839AB

accent

#13D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E35A

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

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