#E5E169#E5E169

#E5E169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.142 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E169
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 54.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.74, -14.02, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.74, 59.86, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(88.95% -0.042 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(88.95% 0.142 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.7899, 71.5301, 23.9137)
Luminance	0.7153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E169 #696DE5

analogous

#E5A369 #E5E169 #ABE569

triadic

#E5E169 #69E5E1 #E169E5

tetradic

#E5E169 #69E5A3 #696DE5 #E569AB

square

#E5E169 #69E5A3 #696DE5 #E569AB

split-complementary

#E5E169 #69ABE5 #A369E5

monochromatic

#B4B01F #DCD735 #E5E169 #EEEB9D #F7F6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#E5E169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E169

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E169	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D95D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.142 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea97',
    500: '#e5e169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e169;
$custom-light: #f0ea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 70.455,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88947,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E169

secondary

#3D41B5

accent

#19D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E169

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

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