#E5E369#E5E369

#E5E369 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.144 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E369
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 105)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 54.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.27, -15.01, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.27, 60.68, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(89.36% -0.0448 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.144 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.3337, 72.6178, 24.0949)
Luminance	0.7262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E369 #696BE5

analogous

#E5A569 #E5E369 #A9E569

triadic

#E5E369 #69E5E3 #E369E5

tetradic

#E5E369 #69E5A5 #696BE5 #E569A9

square

#E5E369 #69E5A5 #696BE5 #E569A9

split-complementary

#E5E369 #69A9E5 #A569E5

monochromatic

#B4B21F #DCD935 #E5E369 #EEED9D #F7F6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E369 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E5E369 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E369

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E369	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E369	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e369;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.144 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb97',
    500: '#e5e369',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e369;
$custom-light: #f0eb97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e369",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 70.455,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89364,
    "c": 0.14404,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E369

secondary

#3D3FB5

accent

#16D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E369

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

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