#E5E263#E5E263

#E5E263 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.148 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E263
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 99)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 56.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.95, -14.96, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.95, 62.89, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(89.09% -0.0453 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(89.09% 0.148 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.7634, 71.9533, 22.4368)
Luminance	0.7195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E263 #6366E5

analogous

#E5A163 #E5E263 #A7E563

triadic

#E5E263 #63E5E2 #E263E5

tetradic

#E5E263 #63E5A1 #6366E5 #E563A7

square

#E5E263 #63E5A1 #6366E5 #E563A7

split-complementary

#E5E263 #63A7E5 #A163E5

monochromatic

#B0AD1D #DCD82F #E5E263 #EEEC97 #F6F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#E5E263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E263

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E263	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.148 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea94',
    500: '#e5e263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e263;
$custom-light: #f0ea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89091,
    "c": 0.14821,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E263

secondary

#3B3EB1

accent

#16D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E263

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

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