#E5E63B#E5E63B

#E5E63B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.179 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E63B
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 74.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.72, -19.14, 77.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.72, 79.36, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% -0.061 0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.179 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.4016, 73.5692, 15.1027)
Luminance	0.7357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E63B #3C3BE6

analogous

#E6923B #E5E63B #90E63B

triadic

#E5E63B #3BE5E6 #E63BE5

tetradic

#E5E63B #3BE692 #3C3BE6 #E63B90

square

#E5E63B #3BE692 #3C3BE6 #E63B90

split-complementary

#E5E63B #3B90E6 #923BE6

monochromatic

#939413 #C9CA1A #E5E63B #ECED71 #F3F4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#E5E63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E63B

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E63B	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DC0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.179 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed7e',
    500: '#e5e63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e63b;
$custom-light: #f1ed7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.351,
    "s": 77.376,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89618,
    "c": 0.1794,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E63B

secondary

#2E2D98

accent

#34F435

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E63B

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

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