#E5E574#E5E574

#E5E574 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.136 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E574
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 116)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 49%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 49.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -15.10, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 56.57, 105.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89.91% -0.044 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(89.91% 0.136 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.4863, 73.9591, 27.4508)
Luminance	0.7396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E574 #7474E5

analogous

#E5AC74 #E5E574 #ACE574

triadic

#E5E574 #74E5E5 #E574E5

tetradic

#E5E574 #74E5AC #7474E5 #E574AC

square

#E5E574 #74E5AC #7474E5 #E574AC

split-complementary

#E5E574 #74ACE5 #AC74E5

monochromatic

#BCBC23 #DBDB40 #E5E574 #EFEFA8 #F8F8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E574 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#E5E574 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E574

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E574	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E574	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e574;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.136 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed9f',
    500: '#e5e574',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e574;
$custom-light: #efed9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e574",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89909,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E574

secondary

#4242BB

accent

#15D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E574

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

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