#E5ED4A#E5ED4A

#E5ED4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.178 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5ED4A
RGB	rgb(229, 237, 74)
HSL	hsl(63, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 68.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.65, -21.84, 73.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.65, 77.04, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.19% -0.0672 0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(91.19% 0.178 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.8353, 77.7223, 18.1164)
Luminance	0.7772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5ED4A #524AED

analogous

#EDA34A #E5ED4A #93ED4A

triadic

#E5ED4A #4AE5ED #ED4AE5

tetradic

#E5ED4A #4AEDA3 #524AED #ED4A93

square

#E5ED4A #4AEDA3 #524AED #ED4A93

split-complementary

#E5ED4A #4A93ED #A34AED

monochromatic

#A4AC11 #D9E317 #E5ED4A #EDF382 #F5F8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E5ED4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#E5ED4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5ED4A

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5ED4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5ED4A	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ed4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 237, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.178 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f286',
    500: '#e5ed4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ed4a;
$custom-light: #f1f286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ed4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.945,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91192,
    "c": 0.17781,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5ED4A

secondary

#352FAC

accent

#07DE12

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5ED4A

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

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