#E5E35B#E5E35B

#E5E35B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.156 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E35B
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.14, -16.01, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.14, 66.66, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(89.22% -0.0491 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(89.22% 0.156 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.6724, 72.3533, 20.6124)
Luminance	0.7235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E35B #5B5DE5

analogous

#E59E5B #E5E35B #A2E55B

triadic

#E5E35B #5BE5E3 #E35BE5

tetradic

#E5E35B #5BE59E #5B5DE5 #E55BA2

square

#E5E35B #5BE59E #5B5DE5 #E55BA2

split-complementary

#E5E35B #5BA2E5 #9E5BE5

monochromatic

#ABA81B #DDDA26 #E5E35B #EDEC90 #F6F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#E5E35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E35B

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E35B	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)

#F4DA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.156 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb8f',
    500: '#e5e35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e35b;
$custom-light: #f0eb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89222,
    "c": 0.15575,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E35B

secondary

#383AAC

accent

#14D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E35B

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

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