#E5E463#E5E463

#E5E463 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.150 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E463
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 99)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 56.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.47, -15.95, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.47, 63.70, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(89.51% -0.0481 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(89.51% 0.15 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.3104, 73.0474, 22.6192)
Luminance	0.7305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E463 #6364E5

analogous

#E5A363 #E5E463 #A5E563

triadic

#E5E463 #63E5E4 #E463E5

tetradic

#E5E463 #63E5A3 #6364E5 #E563A5

square

#E5E463 #63E5A3 #6364E5 #E563A5

split-complementary

#E5E463 #63A5E5 #A363E5

monochromatic

#B0AF1D #DCDB2F #E5E463 #EEED97 #F6F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#E5E463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E463

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E463	1.00	1.35	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.150 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec94',
    500: '#e5e463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e463;
$custom-light: #f0ec94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.538,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89509,
    "c": 0.15027,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E463

secondary

#3B3CB1

accent

#14D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E463

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

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