#E5E45D#E5E45D

#E5E45D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.155 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E45D
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.42, -16.36, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.42, 66.23, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(89.45% -0.0499 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(89.45% 0.155 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.0342, 72.9369, 21.1643)
Luminance	0.7294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E45D #5D5EE5

analogous

#E5A05D #E5E45D #A2E55D

triadic

#E5E45D #5DE5E4 #E45DE5

tetradic

#E5E45D #5DE5A0 #5D5EE5 #E55DA2

square

#E5E45D #5DE5A0 #5D5EE5 #E55DA2

split-complementary

#E5E45D #5DA2E5 #A05DE5

monochromatic

#ACAB1C #DDDB28 #E5E45D #EDED92 #F6F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#E5E45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E45D

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E45D	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.155 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec90',
    500: '#e5e45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e45d;
$custom-light: #f0ec90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8945,
    "c": 0.15518,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E45D

secondary

#393AAD

accent

#13D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E45D

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

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