#E5E64E#E5E64E

#E5E64E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.168 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E64E
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.83, -18.25, 70.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.83, 72.92, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0568 0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.168 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.9871, 73.8034, 18.1865)
Luminance	0.7380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E64E #4F4EE6

analogous

#E69B4E #E5E64E #99E64E

triadic

#E5E64E #4EE5E6 #E64EE5

tetradic

#E5E64E #4EE69B #4F4EE6 #E64E99

square

#E5E64E #4EE69B #4F4EE6 #E64E99

split-complementary

#E5E64E #4E99E6 #9B4EE6

monochromatic

#A2A317 #D7D81F #E5E64E #EDEE84 #F5F5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#E5E64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E64E

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E64E	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)

#F8DD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.168 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed88',
    500: '#e5e64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e64e;
$custom-light: #f1ed88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.395,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89742,
    "c": 0.1682,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E64E

secondary

#3433A5

accent

#0ED70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E64E

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

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