#E5E596#E5E596

#E5E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.100 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E596
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.35, -11.68, 38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.35, 40.31, 106.84°)
OKLab	oklab(90.41% -0.0313 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(90.41% 0.1 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.8381, 74.8998, 39.8371)
Luminance	0.7490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E596 #9696E5

analogous

#E5BE96 #E5E596 #BEE596

triadic

#E5E596 #96E5E5 #E596E5

tetradic

#E5E596 #96E5BE #9696E5 #E596BE

square

#E5E596 #96E5BE #9696E5 #E596BE

split-complementary

#E5E596 #96BEE5 #BE96E5

monochromatic

#CDCD34 #D9D965 #E5E596 #F1F1C7 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E5E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#E5E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E596

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E596	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.100 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeedb5',
    500: '#e5e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e596;
$custom-light: #eeedb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90405,
    "c": 0.10009,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E596

secondary

#6161BF

accent

#1EC81E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E596

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

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