#E5E366#E5E366

#E5E366 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.147 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E366
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 102)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.24, -15.24, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.24, 62.00, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(89.33% -0.0458 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(89.33% 0.147 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.1822, 72.5572, 23.2972)
Luminance	0.7256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E366 #6668E5

analogous

#E5A366 #E5E366 #A8E566

triadic

#E5E366 #66E5E3 #E366E5

tetradic

#E5E366 #66E5A3 #6668E5 #E566A8

square

#E5E366 #66E5A3 #6668E5 #E566A8

split-complementary

#E5E366 #66A8E5 #A366E5

monochromatic

#B2B01E #DCD932 #E5E366 #EEED9A #F7F6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#E5E366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E366

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E366	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E06D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.147 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb96',
    500: '#e5e366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e366;
$custom-light: #f0eb96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89331,
    "c": 0.14667,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E366

secondary

#3C3EB3

accent

#16D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E366

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

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