#E5E954#E5E954

#E5E954 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.167 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E954
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 84)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 63.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.66, -19.37, 69.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.66, 71.81, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.42% -0.0593 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(90.42% 0.167 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.0542, 75.5775, 19.6522)
Luminance	0.7558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E954 #5854E9

analogous

#E9A354 #E5E954 #9AE954

triadic

#E5E954 #54E5E9 #E954E5

tetradic

#E5E954 #54E9A3 #5854E9 #E9549A

square

#E5E954 #54E9A3 #5854E9 #E9549A

split-complementary

#E5E954 #549AE9 #A354E9

monochromatic

#A8AC16 #DDE21E #E5E954 #EDF08A #F5F7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#E5E954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E954

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E954	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.167 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef8b',
    500: '#e5e954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e954;
$custom-light: #f0ef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.611,
    "s": 77.202,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90421,
    "c": 0.16708,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E954

secondary

#3734AD

accent

#0CD912

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E954

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

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