#E5E65E#E5E65E

#E5E65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.156 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E65E
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.95, -17.28, 64.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.95, 66.62, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.0524 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.156 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.6321, 74.0614, 21.5835)
Luminance	0.7406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E65E #5F5EE6

analogous

#E6A35E #E5E65E #A1E65E

triadic

#E5E65E #5EE5E6 #E65EE5

tetradic

#E5E65E #5EE6A3 #5F5EE6 #E65EA1

square

#E5E65E #5EE6A3 #5F5EE6 #E65EA1

split-complementary

#E5E65E #5EA1E6 #A35EE6

monochromatic

#ADAF1B #DCDE29 #E5E65E #EEEE93 #F6F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#E5E65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E65E

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E65E	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)

#F7DD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.156 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed91',
    500: '#e5e65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e65e;
$custom-light: #f0ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.441,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89879,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E65E

secondary

#3A39B0

accent

#10D512

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E65E

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

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