#E5E64A#E5E64A

#E5E64A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.171 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E64A
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 74)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 67.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.80, -18.46, 72.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.80, 74.38, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.71% -0.0577 0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(89.71% 0.171 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.8480, 73.7478, 17.4540)
Luminance	0.7375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E64A #4B4AE6

analogous

#E6994A #E5E64A #97E64A

triadic

#E5E64A #4AE5E6 #E64AE5

tetradic

#E5E64A #4AE699 #4B4AE6 #E64A97

square

#E5E64A #4AE699 #4B4AE6 #E64A97

split-complementary

#E5E64A #4A97E6 #994AE6

monochromatic

#9FA016 #D4D51D #E5E64A #EDED80 #F4F5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E64A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#E5E64A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E64A

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E64A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E64A	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e64a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.171 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed85',
    500: '#e5e64a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e64a;
$custom-light: #f1ed85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e64a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.385,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89713,
    "c": 0.17081,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E64A

secondary

#3332A2

accent

#35F237

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E64A

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

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