#E5E44B#E5E44B

#E5E44B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.168 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E44B
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 75)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 67.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.28, -17.43, 71.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.28, 73.27, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.0548 0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.168 109)
XYZ	xyz(61.3286, 72.6546, 17.4484)
Luminance	0.7265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E44B #4B4CE5

analogous

#E5974B #E5E44B #99E54B

triadic

#E5E44B #4BE5E4 #E44BE5

tetradic

#E5E44B #4BE597 #4B4CE5 #E54B99

square

#E5E44B #4BE597 #4B4CE5 #E54B99

split-complementary

#E5E44B #4B99E5 #974BE5

monochromatic

#9F9E17 #D4D31F #E5E44B #EDEC80 #F4F4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#E5E44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E44B

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E44B	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.168 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec86',
    500: '#e5e44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e44b;
$custom-light: #f1ec86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.61,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89299,
    "c": 0.16822,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.72653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E44B

secondary

#3333A2

accent

#38F136

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E44B

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

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