#E5E36C#E5E36C

#E5E36C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.141 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E36C
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 108)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 52.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.30, -14.78, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.30, 59.35, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.4% -0.0438 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(89.4% 0.141 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.4906, 72.6806, 24.9214)
Luminance	0.7268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E36C #6C6EE5

analogous

#E5A66C #E5E36C #AAE56C

triadic

#E5E36C #6CE5E3 #E36CE5

tetradic

#E5E36C #6CE5A6 #6C6EE5 #E56CAA

square

#E5E36C #6CE5A6 #6C6EE5 #E56CAA

split-complementary

#E5E36C #6CAAE5 #A66CE5

monochromatic

#B6B420 #DCD938 #E5E36C #EEEDA0 #F7F7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#E5E36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E36C

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E36C	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.141 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb99',
    500: '#e5e36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e36c;
$custom-light: #f0eb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.008,
    "s": 69.942,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89397,
    "c": 0.14134,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E36C

secondary

#3F41B7

accent

#17D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E36C

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

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