#E5E44C#E5E44C

#E5E44C 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	#E5E44C
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 76)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 66.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.29, -17.38, 70.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.29, 72.90, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(89.31% -0.0545 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(89.31% 0.168 109)
XYZ	xyz(61.3631, 72.6684, 17.6301)
Luminance	0.7267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E44C #4C4DE5

analogous

#E5984C #E5E44C #99E54C

triadic

#E5E44C #4CE5E4 #E44CE5

tetradic

#E5E44C #4CE598 #4C4DE5 #E54C99

square

#E5E44C #4CE598 #4C4DE5 #E54C99

split-complementary

#E5E44C #4C99E5 #984CE5

monochromatic

#9F9F17 #D5D41F #E5E44C #EDEC81 #F5F4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#E5E44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E44C

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E44C	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)

#F6DB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.168 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec86',
    500: '#e5e44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e44c;
$custom-light: #f1ec86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.608,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89307,
    "c": 0.16756,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.72667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E44C

secondary

#3334A2

accent

#38F137

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E44C

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

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