#E5E749#E5E749

#E5E749 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.172 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E749
RGB	rgb(229, 231, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.06, -19.00, 72.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.06, 75.11, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% -0.0593 0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.172 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.0937, 74.2926, 17.3710)
Luminance	0.7429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E749 #4B49E7

analogous

#E79A49 #E5E749 #96E749

triadic

#E5E749 #49E5E7 #E749E5

tetradic

#E5E749 #49E79A #4B49E7 #E74996

square

#E5E749 #49E79A #4B49E7 #E74996

split-complementary

#E5E749 #4996E7 #9A49E7

monochromatic

#9FA015 #D4D71C #E5E749 #EDEE7F #F4F5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E5E749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#E5E749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E749

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E749	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 231, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.172 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ee85',
    500: '#e5e749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e749;
$custom-light: #f1ee85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.759,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89916,
    "c": 0.17243,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E749

secondary

#3331A3

accent

#35F337

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E749

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

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