#E5E874#E5E874

#E5E874 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.139 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E874
RGB	rgb(229, 232, 116)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 50%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.69, -16.57, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.69, 57.87, 106.64°)
OKLab	oklab(90.54% -0.0481 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(90.54% 0.139 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.3235, 75.6336, 27.7299)
Luminance	0.7563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E874 #7774E8

analogous

#E8B174 #E5E874 #ABE874

triadic

#E5E874 #74E5E8 #E874E5

tetradic

#E5E874 #74E8B1 #7774E8 #E874AB

square

#E5E874 #74E8B1 #7774E8 #E874AB

split-complementary

#E5E874 #74ABE8 #B174E8

monochromatic

#BDC220 #DBDF3F #E5E874 #EFF1A9 #F9F9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#E5E874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E874

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E874	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 232, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.139 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef9f',
    500: '#e5e874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e874;
$custom-light: #efef9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.552,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90535,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E874

secondary

#4440C0

accent

#12D417

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E874

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

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