#E5E65D#E5E65D

#E5E65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.157 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E65D
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 59.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -17.34, 64.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 67.03, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(89.87% -0.0527 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(89.87% 0.157 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.5875, 74.0436, 21.3487)
Luminance	0.7404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E65D #5E5DE6

analogous

#E6A25D #E5E65D #A0E65D

triadic

#E5E65D #5DE5E6 #E65DE5

tetradic

#E5E65D #5DE6A2 #5E5DE6 #E65DA0

square

#E5E65D #5DE6A2 #5E5DE6 #E65DA0

split-complementary

#E5E65D #5DA0E6 #A25DE6

monochromatic

#ADAE1B #DCDE28 #E5E65D #EEEE92 #F6F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#E5E65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E65D

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E65D	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.157 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed90',
    500: '#e5e65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e65d;
$custom-light: #f0ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.438,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89869,
    "c": 0.15723,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E65D

secondary

#3938AF

accent

#10D512

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E65D

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

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