#E5E35D#E5E35D

#E5E35D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.154 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E35D
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.16, -15.87, 63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.16, 65.83, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0485 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.154 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.7599, 72.3883, 21.0728)
Luminance	0.7239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E35D #5D5FE5

analogous

#E59F5D #E5E35D #A3E55D

triadic

#E5E35D #5DE5E3 #E35DE5

tetradic

#E5E35D #5DE59F #5D5FE5 #E55DA3

square

#E5E35D #5DE59F #5D5FE5 #E55DA3

split-complementary

#E5E35D #5DA3E5 #9F5DE5

monochromatic

#ACAA1C #DDDA28 #E5E35D #EDEC92 #F6F5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#E5E35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E35D

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E35D	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.154 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb90',
    500: '#e5e35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e35d;
$custom-light: #f0eb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89241,
    "c": 0.15417,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E35D

secondary

#393BAD

accent

#14D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E35D

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

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