#E5E45A#E5E45A

#E5E45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.158 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E45A
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.39, -16.56, 65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.39, 67.46, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(89.42% -0.0508 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(89.42% 0.158 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.9039, 72.8848, 20.4781)
Luminance	0.7288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E45A #5A5BE5

analogous

#E59E5A #E5E45A #A1E55A

triadic

#E5E45A #5AE5E4 #E45AE5

tetradic

#E5E45A #5AE59E #5A5BE5 #E55AA1

square

#E5E45A #5AE59E #5A5BE5 #E55AA1

split-complementary

#E5E45A #5AA1E5 #9E5AE5

monochromatic

#AAA91B #DDDB25 #E5E45A #EDED8F #F6F5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#E5E45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E45A

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E45A	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.158 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec8e',
    500: '#e5e45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e45a;
$custom-light: #f0ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89422,
    "c": 0.15753,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E45A

secondary

#3839AB

accent

#12D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E45A

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

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