#E5E54B#E5E54B

#E5E54B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.169 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E54B
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 75)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.55, -17.92, 71.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.55, 73.64, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(89.51% -0.0561 0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(89.51% 0.169 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.6045, 73.2064, 17.5404)
Luminance	0.7320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E54B #4B4BE5

analogous

#E5984B #E5E54B #98E54B

triadic

#E5E54B #4BE5E5 #E54BE5

tetradic

#E5E54B #4BE598 #4B4BE5 #E54B98

square

#E5E54B #4BE598 #4B4BE5 #E54B98

split-complementary

#E5E54B #4B98E5 #984BE5

monochromatic

#9F9F17 #D4D41F #E5E54B #EDED80 #F4F4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#E5E54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E54B

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E54B	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.169 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed86',
    500: '#e5e54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e54b;
$custom-light: #f1ed86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8951,
    "c": 0.16919,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E54B

secondary

#3333A2

accent

#36F136

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E54B

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

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