#E5E64D#E5E64D

#E5E64D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.169 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E64D
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 77)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 66.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.82, -18.30, 70.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.82, 73.29, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.057 0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.169 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.9515, 73.7892, 17.9991)
Luminance	0.7379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E64D #4E4DE6

analogous

#E69A4D #E5E64D #99E64D

triadic

#E5E64D #4DE5E6 #E64DE5

tetradic

#E5E64D #4DE69A #4E4DE6 #E64D99

square

#E5E64D #4DE69A #4E4DE6 #E64D99

split-complementary

#E5E64D #4D99E6 #9A4DE6

monochromatic

#A1A217 #D6D81E #E5E64D #EDEE83 #F5F5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E64D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#E5E64D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E64D

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E64D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E64D	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DC36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e64d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.169 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed87',
    500: '#e5e64d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e64d;
$custom-light: #f1ed87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e64d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.392,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89735,
    "c": 0.16886,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E64D

secondary

#3433A4

accent

#0ED80F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E64D

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

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