#E5E45B#E5E45B

#E5E45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.157 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E45B
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.40, -16.50, 64.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.40, 67.05, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.43% -0.0505 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(89.43% 0.157 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.9467, 72.9019, 20.7038)
Luminance	0.7290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E45B #5B5CE5

analogous

#E59F5B #E5E45B #A1E55B

triadic

#E5E45B #5BE5E4 #E45BE5

tetradic

#E5E45B #5BE59F #5B5CE5 #E55BA1

square

#E5E45B #5BE59F #5B5CE5 #E55BA1

split-complementary

#E5E45B #5BA1E5 #9F5BE5

monochromatic

#ABAA1B #DDDB26 #E5E45B #EDED90 #F6F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#E5E45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E45B

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E45B	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)

#F5DB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.157 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec8f',
    500: '#e5e45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e45b;
$custom-light: #f0ec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.565,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89431,
    "c": 0.15676,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E45B

secondary

#3839AC

accent

#12D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E45B

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

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