#E5E448#E5E448

#E5E448 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.170 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E448
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.26, -17.59, 72.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.26, 74.35, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.0555 0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.17 109)
XYZ	xyz(61.2284, 72.6145, 16.9203)
Luminance	0.7261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E448 #4849E5

analogous

#E59648 #E5E448 #98E548

triadic

#E5E448 #48E5E4 #E448E5

tetradic

#E5E448 #48E596 #4849E5 #E54898

square

#E5E448 #48E596 #4849E5 #E54898

split-complementary

#E5E448 #4898E5 #9648E5

monochromatic

#9C9C16 #D2D11E #E5E448 #EDEC7E #F4F4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E5E448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E448

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E448	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.170 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec84',
    500: '#e5e448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e448;
$custom-light: #f1ec84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.618,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89278,
    "c": 0.17012,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.72613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E448

secondary

#3232A0

accent

#37F236

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E448

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

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