#E5E465#E5E465

#E5E465 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.149 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E465
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 101)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.49, -15.80, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.49, 62.84, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.53% -0.0475 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(89.53% 0.149 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.4072, 73.0861, 23.1290)
Luminance	0.7308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E465 #6566E5

analogous

#E5A465 #E5E465 #A6E565

triadic

#E5E465 #65E5E4 #E465E5

tetradic

#E5E465 #65E5A4 #6566E5 #E565A6

square

#E5E465 #65E5A4 #6566E5 #E565A6

split-complementary

#E5E465 #65A6E5 #A465E5

monochromatic

#B2B01E #DCDB31 #E5E465 #EEED99 #F7F6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#E5E465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E465

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E465	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.149 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec95',
    500: '#e5e465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e465;
$custom-light: #f0ec95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.531,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8953,
    "c": 0.14857,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E465

secondary

#3C3DB2

accent

#14D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E465

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

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