#E5E949#E5E949
#E5E949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.174 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5E949 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 233, 73) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 78%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 69%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 68.7%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.59, -19.97, 73.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.59, 75.86, 105.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.34% -0.0621 0.163) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.34% 0.174 110.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.6567, 75.4185, 17.5587) |
| Luminance | 0.7542 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 2.73
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 3.73
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.37
Banana Yellow
#FAFE4B
ΔE00 4.59
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 4.72
Lemon (survey)
#FDFF52
ΔE00 4.79
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5E949 #4D49E9
analogous
#E99D49 #E5E949 #95E949
triadic
#E5E949 #49E5E9 #E949E5
tetradic
#E5E949 #49E99D #4D49E9 #E94995
square
#E5E949 #49E99D #4D49E9 #E94995
split-complementary
#E5E949 #4995E9 #9D49E9
monochromatic
#A0A414 #D6DA1A #E5E949 #EDF080 #F5F6B6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.31
#E5E949 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.08
#E5E949 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5E949
16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5E949 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5E949 | 1.00 | 1.31 | 16.08 | 16.08 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.31 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FBDF2E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FCE355
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5DBC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E1E1E1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5e949; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 73); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.174 110.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ef85',
500: '#e5e949',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5e949; $custom-light: #f1ef85; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5e949",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 233,
"b": 73
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.5,
"s": 78.431,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90338,
"c": 0.17441,
"h": 110.8
},
"luminance": 0.75417
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5E949
secondary
#3330A6
accent
#33F538
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85857F