#E5ED8A#E5ED8A

#E5ED8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.123 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5ED8A
RGB	rgb(229, 237, 138)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(65, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 41.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.26, -16.94, 46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.26, 49.91, 109.84°)
OKLab	oklab(91.88% -0.0472 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(91.88% 0.123 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.1855, 79.0624, 35.7611)
Luminance	0.7906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5ED8A #928AED

analogous

#EDC38A #E5ED8A #B3ED8A

triadic

#E5ED8A #8AE5ED #ED8AE5

tetradic

#E5ED8A #8AEDC3 #928AED #ED8AB3

square

#E5ED8A #8AEDC3 #928AED #ED8AB3

split-complementary

#E5ED8A #8AB3ED #C38AED

monochromatic

#CCDB22 #D9E555 #E5ED8A #F1F5BF #F9FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E5ED8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.81

#E5ED8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5ED8A

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5ED8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5ED8A	1.00	1.25	16.81	16.81
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE78F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0E3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ed8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 237, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.123 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eff2ae',
    500: '#e5ed8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ed8a;
$custom-light: #eff2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ed8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.848,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91875,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5ED8A

secondary

#5D53C8

accent

#10D520

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171710

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5ED8A

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

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