#E5E36D#E5E36D

#E5E36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.140 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E36D
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 109)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 52.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.31, -14.70, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.31, 58.90, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0435 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.14 108)
XYZ	xyz(62.5441, 72.7020, 25.2033)
Luminance	0.7270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E36D #6D6FE5

analogous

#E5A76D #E5E36D #ABE56D

triadic

#E5E36D #6DE5E3 #E36DE5

tetradic

#E5E36D #6DE5A7 #6D6FE5 #E56DAB

square

#E5E36D #6DE5A7 #6D6FE5 #E56DAB

split-complementary

#E5E36D #6DABE5 #A76DE5

monochromatic

#B7B521 #DCD939 #E5E36D #EEEDA1 #F8F7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#E5E36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E36D

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E36D	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)

#F3DB62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.140 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeb9a',
    500: '#e5e36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e36d;
$custom-light: #efeb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89409,
    "c": 0.14043,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E36D

secondary

#3F41B7

accent

#17D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E36D

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

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