#E5E666#E5E666

#E5E666 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.150 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E666
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 102)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 55.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.02, -16.71, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.02, 63.23, 105.32°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.05 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.15 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.0099, 74.2125, 23.5731)
Luminance	0.7421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E666 #6766E6

analogous

#E6A766 #E5E666 #A5E666

triadic

#E5E666 #66E5E6 #E666E5

tetradic

#E5E666 #66E6A7 #6766E6 #E666A5

square

#E5E666 #66E6A7 #6766E6 #E666A5

split-complementary

#E5E666 #66A5E6 #A766E6

monochromatic

#B3B41D #DCDD31 #E5E666 #EEEF9B #F7F7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#E5E666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E666

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E666	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E26D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.150 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed96',
    500: '#e5e666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e666;
$custom-light: #f0ed96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.469,
    "s": 71.91,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89959,
    "c": 0.14982,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E666

secondary

#3D3CB5

accent

#12D413

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E666

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

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