#E5E469#E5E469

#E5E469 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.145 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E469
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 105)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 54.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.53, -15.50, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.53, 61.09, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(89.57% -0.0462 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(89.57% 0.145 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.6080, 73.1664, 24.1864)
Luminance	0.7317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E469 #696AE5

analogous

#E5A669 #E5E469 #A8E569

triadic

#E5E469 #69E5E4 #E469E5

tetradic

#E5E469 #69E5A6 #696AE5 #E569A8

square

#E5E469 #69E5A6 #696AE5 #E569A8

split-complementary

#E5E469 #69A8E5 #A669E5

monochromatic

#B4B31F #DCDB35 #E5E469 #EEED9D #F7F7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E469 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E5E469 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E469

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E469	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E469	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e469;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.145 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec98',
    500: '#e5e469',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e469;
$custom-light: #f0ec98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e469",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 70.455,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89573,
    "c": 0.14509,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E469

secondary

#3D3EB5

accent

#15D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E469

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

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