#E5E563#E5E563

#E5E563 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.151 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E563
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 99)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -16.44, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 64.11, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% -0.0495 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.151 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.5863, 73.5991, 22.7111)
Luminance	0.7360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E563 #6363E5

analogous

#E5A463 #E5E563 #A4E563

triadic

#E5E563 #63E5E5 #E563E5

tetradic

#E5E563 #63E5A4 #6363E5 #E563A4

square

#E5E563 #63E5A4 #6363E5 #E563A4

split-complementary

#E5E563 #63A4E5 #A463E5

monochromatic

#B0B01D #DCDC2F #E5E563 #EEEE97 #F6F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#E5E563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E563

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E563	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.151 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed94',
    500: '#e5e563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e563;
$custom-light: #f0ed94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89718,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E563

secondary

#3B3BB1

accent

#12D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E563

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

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