#E5E565#E5E565

#E5E565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.150 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E565
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -16.29, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 63.25, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0489 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.15 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.6831, 73.6379, 23.2210)
Luminance	0.7364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E565 #6565E5

analogous

#E5A565 #E5E565 #A5E565

triadic

#E5E565 #65E5E5 #E565E5

tetradic

#E5E565 #65E5A5 #6565E5 #E565A5

square

#E5E565 #65E5A5 #6565E5 #E565A5

split-complementary

#E5E565 #65A5E5 #A565E5

monochromatic

#B2B21E #DCDC31 #E5E565 #EEEE99 #F7F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#E5E565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E565

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E565	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.150 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed95',
    500: '#e5e565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e565;
$custom-light: #f0ed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89739,
    "c": 0.14962,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E565

secondary

#3C3CB2

accent

#12D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E565

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

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