#E5E65A#E5E65A

#E5E65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.160 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E65A
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.92, -17.54, 65.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.92, 68.25, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(89.84% -0.0536 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(89.84% 0.16 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.4573, 73.9915, 20.6626)
Luminance	0.7399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E65A #5B5AE6

analogous

#E6A15A #E5E65A #9FE65A

triadic

#E5E65A #5AE5E6 #E65AE5

tetradic

#E5E65A #5AE6A1 #5B5AE6 #E65A9F

square

#E5E65A #5AE6A1 #5B5AE6 #E65A9F

split-complementary

#E5E65A #5A9FE6 #A15AE6

monochromatic

#ABAC1A #DDDE25 #E5E65A #EDEE8F #F6F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#E5E65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E65A

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E65A	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.160 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8e',
    500: '#e5e65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e65a;
$custom-light: #f0ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.429,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89842,
    "c": 0.15957,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E65A

secondary

#3837AD

accent

#10D611

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E65A

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

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