#E5E668#E5E668

#E5E668 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.148 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E668
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 104)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 54.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.04, -16.56, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.04, 62.36, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.0493 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.148 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.1103, 74.2527, 24.1017)
Luminance	0.7425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E668 #6968E6

analogous

#E6A868 #E5E668 #A6E668

triadic

#E5E668 #68E5E6 #E668E5

tetradic

#E5E668 #68E6A8 #6968E6 #E668A6

square

#E5E668 #68E6A8 #6968E6 #E668A6

split-complementary

#E5E668 #68A6E6 #A868E6

monochromatic

#B4B61E #DCDD33 #E5E668 #EEEF9D #F7F7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E5E668 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#E5E668 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E668

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E668	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E668	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E26F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e668;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.148 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed97',
    500: '#e5e668',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e668;
$custom-light: #f0ed97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e668",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.476,
    "s": 71.591,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8998,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E668

secondary

#3D3CB6

accent

#12D413

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E668

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

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