#E5E440#E5E440

#E5E440 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.175 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E440
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 72.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.22, -17.96, 74.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.22, 77.08, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.23% -0.0573 0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(89.23% 0.175 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.9842, 72.5169, 15.6342)
Luminance	0.7251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E440 #4041E5

analogous

#E59140 #E5E440 #94E540

triadic

#E5E440 #40E5E4 #E440E5

tetradic

#E5E440 #40E591 #4041E5 #E54094

square

#E5E440 #40E591 #4041E5 #E54094

split-complementary

#E5E440 #4094E5 #9140E5

monochromatic

#969514 #CCCB1C #E5E440 #ECEC76 #F4F3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#E5E440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E440

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E440	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.175 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec80',
    500: '#e5e440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e440;
$custom-light: #f1ec80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.636,
    "s": 76.037,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89226,
    "c": 0.17485,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E440

secondary

#2F309A

accent

#36F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E440

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

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