#E5E36E#E5E36E

#E5E36E 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	#E5E36E
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 110)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 52%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.32, -14.61, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.32, 58.45, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89.42% -0.0432 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(89.42% 0.14 108)
XYZ	xyz(62.5983, 72.7236, 25.4884)
Luminance	0.7272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E36E #6E70E5

analogous

#E5A86E #E5E36E #ACE56E

triadic

#E5E36E #6EE5E3 #E36EE5

tetradic

#E5E36E #6EE5A8 #6E70E5 #E56EAC

square

#E5E36E #6EE5A8 #6E70E5 #E56EAC

split-complementary

#E5E36E #6EACE5 #A86EE5

monochromatic

#B8B521 #DCD93A #E5E36E #EEEDA2 #F8F7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#E5E36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E36E

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E36E	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)

#F3DB63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.140 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeb9b',
    500: '#e5e36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e36e;
$custom-light: #efeb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 69.591,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8942,
    "c": 0.13951,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.72722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E36E

secondary

#3F41B8

accent

#17D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E36E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →