#E5E65B#E5E65B

#E5E65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.159 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E65B
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.93, -17.48, 65.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.93, 67.85, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0533 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.159 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.5001, 74.0086, 20.8883)
Luminance	0.7401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E65B #5C5BE6

analogous

#E6A25B #E5E65B #9FE65B

triadic

#E5E65B #5BE5E6 #E65BE5

tetradic

#E5E65B #5BE6A2 #5C5BE6 #E65B9F

square

#E5E65B #5BE6A2 #5C5BE6 #E65B9F

split-complementary

#E5E65B #5B9FE6 #A25BE6

monochromatic

#ABAC1A #DDDE26 #E5E65B #EDEE90 #F6F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#E5E65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E65B

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E65B	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)

#F7DD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.159 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8f',
    500: '#e5e65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e65b;
$custom-light: #f0ed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.432,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89851,
    "c": 0.1588,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E65B

secondary

#3838AE

accent

#10D611

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E65B

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

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