#E5E653#E5E653

#E5E653 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.165 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E653
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 63.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -17.97, 68.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 71.02, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(89.78% -0.0555 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(89.78% 0.165 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.1732, 73.8779, 19.1667)
Luminance	0.7388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E653 #5453E6

analogous

#E69E53 #E5E653 #9CE653

triadic

#E5E653 #53E5E6 #E653E5

tetradic

#E5E653 #53E69E #5453E6 #E6539C

square

#E5E653 #53E69E #5453E6 #E6539C

split-complementary

#E5E653 #539CE6 #9E53E6

monochromatic

#A5A618 #DBDC20 #E5E653 #EDEE88 #F5F6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#E5E653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E653

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E653	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.165 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8a',
    500: '#e5e653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e653;
$custom-light: #f0ed8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.408,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89782,
    "c": 0.16474,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E653

secondary

#3635A8

accent

#0FD710

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E653

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

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