#E5E45C#E5E45C

#E5E45C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.156 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E45C
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 92)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -16.43, 64.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 66.64, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.44% -0.0502 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(89.44% 0.156 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.9902, 72.9193, 20.9325)
Luminance	0.7292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E45C #5C5DE5

analogous

#E59F5C #E5E45C #A1E55C

triadic

#E5E45C #5CE5E4 #E45CE5

tetradic

#E5E45C #5CE59F #5C5DE5 #E55CA1

square

#E5E45C #5CE59F #5C5DE5 #E55CA1

split-complementary

#E5E45C #5CA1E5 #9F5CE5

monochromatic

#ABAA1B #DDDB27 #E5E45C #EDED91 #F6F5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#E5E45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E45C

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E45C	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)

#F5DB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.156 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec90',
    500: '#e5e45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e45c;
$custom-light: #f0ec90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89441,
    "c": 0.15597,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E45C

secondary

#3839AD

accent

#12D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E45C

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

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