#E5E94A#E5E94A

#E5E94A 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 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E94A
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 74)
HSL	hsl(62, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 68.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.59, -19.92, 72.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.59, 75.51, 105.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% -0.0618 0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.174 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.6901, 75.4319, 17.7347)
Luminance	0.7543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E94A #4E4AE9

analogous

#E99D4A #E5E94A #96E94A

triadic

#E5E94A #4AE5E9 #E94AE5

tetradic

#E5E94A #4AE99D #4E4AE9 #E94A96

square

#E5E94A #4AE99D #4E4AE9 #E94A96

split-complementary

#E5E94A #4A96E9 #9D4AE9

monochromatic

#A1A514 #D6DB1B #E5E94A #EDF081 #F5F6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E5E94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#E5E94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E94A

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E94A	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBDF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.174 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef86',
    500: '#e5e94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e94a;
$custom-light: #f1ef86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.509,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90345,
    "c": 0.17378,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E94A

secondary

#3431A7

accent

#0BDB10

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E94A

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

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