#E5E663#E5E663

#E5E663 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.152 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E663
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 99)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 57%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.00, -16.93, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.00, 64.52, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(89.93% -0.0509 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(89.93% 0.152 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.8638, 74.1541, 22.8036)
Luminance	0.7415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E663 #6463E6

analogous

#E6A663 #E5E663 #A4E663

triadic

#E5E663 #63E5E6 #E663E5

tetradic

#E5E663 #63E6A6 #6463E6 #E663A4

square

#E5E663 #63E6A6 #6463E6 #E663A4

split-complementary

#E5E663 #63A4E6 #A663E6

monochromatic

#B1B21D #DCDE2E #E5E663 #EEEE98 #F7F7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E663 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#E5E663 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E663

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E663	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E663	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E26B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e663;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.152 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed94',
    500: '#e5e663',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e663;
$custom-light: #f0ed94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e663",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89928,
    "c": 0.15235,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E663

secondary

#3B3BB3

accent

#11D413

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E663

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

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