#E5E45E#E5E45E

#E5E45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.154 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E45E
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.43, -16.30, 63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.43, 65.81, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.0496 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.154 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.0787, 72.9547, 21.3990)
Luminance	0.7295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E45E #5E5FE5

analogous

#E5A15E #E5E45E #A2E55E

triadic

#E5E45E #5EE5E4 #E45EE5

tetradic

#E5E45E #5EE5A1 #5E5FE5 #E55EA2

square

#E5E45E #5EE5A1 #5E5FE5 #E55EA2

split-complementary

#E5E45E #5EA2E5 #A15EE5

monochromatic

#ADAC1C #DCDB29 #E5E45E #EEED93 #F6F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#E5E45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E45E

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E45E	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)

#F5DB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.154 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec91',
    500: '#e5e45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e45e;
$custom-light: #f0ec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8946,
    "c": 0.15438,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E45E

secondary

#393AAE

accent

#13D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E45E

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

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