#E5E548#E5E548

#E5E548 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.171 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E548
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.53, -18.07, 72.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.53, 74.72, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0569 0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.171 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.5043, 73.1663, 17.0123)
Luminance	0.7317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E548 #4848E5

analogous

#E59748 #E5E548 #97E548

triadic

#E5E548 #48E5E5 #E548E5

tetradic

#E5E548 #48E597 #4848E5 #E54897

square

#E5E548 #48E597 #4848E5 #E54897

split-complementary

#E5E548 #4897E5 #9748E5

monochromatic

#9C9C16 #D2D21E #E5E548 #EDED7E #F4F4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E5E548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E548

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E548	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.171 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed84',
    500: '#e5e548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e548;
$custom-light: #f1ed84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89488,
    "c": 0.17109,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E548

secondary

#3232A0

accent

#36F236

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E548

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

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