#E5E54D#E5E54D

#E5E54D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.168 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E54D
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 77)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -17.82, 70.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 72.91, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(89.52% -0.0556 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(89.52% 0.168 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.6740, 73.2342, 17.9066)
Luminance	0.7323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E54D #4D4DE5

analogous

#E5994D #E5E54D #99E54D

triadic

#E5E54D #4DE5E5 #E54DE5

tetradic

#E5E54D #4DE599 #4D4DE5 #E54D99

square

#E5E54D #4DE599 #4D4DE5 #E54D99

split-complementary

#E5E54D #4D99E5 #994DE5

monochromatic

#A0A017 #D6D61F #E5E54D #EDED82 #F5F5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#E5E54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E54D

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E54D	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.168 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed87',
    500: '#e5e54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e54d;
$custom-light: #f1ed87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 74.51,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89524,
    "c": 0.16787,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E54D

secondary

#3333A3

accent

#37F137

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E54D

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

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