#E5E370#E5E370

#E5E370 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.138 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E370
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 112)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 51.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -14.45, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 57.55, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.44% -0.0425 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(89.44% 0.138 108)
XYZ	xyz(62.7084, 72.7677, 26.0683)
Luminance	0.7277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E370 #7072E5

analogous

#E5A870 #E5E370 #ADE570

triadic

#E5E370 #70E5E3 #E370E5

tetradic

#E5E370 #70E5A8 #7072E5 #E570AD

square

#E5E370 #70E5A8 #7072E5 #E570AD

split-complementary

#E5E370 #70ADE5 #A870E5

monochromatic

#B9B622 #DCD93C #E5E370 #EEEDA4 #F8F7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E370 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#E5E370 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E370

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E370	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E370	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e370;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.138 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeb9c',
    500: '#e5e370',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e370;
$custom-light: #efeb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e370",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89444,
    "c": 0.13766,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.72766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E370

secondary

#4042B9

accent

#18D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E370

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

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