#E5E669#E5E669

#E5E669 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.147 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E669
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 105)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 54.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.05, -16.49, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.05, 61.93, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.99% -0.049 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(89.99% 0.147 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.1614, 74.2731, 24.3708)
Luminance	0.7427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E669 #6A69E6

analogous

#E6A869 #E5E669 #A6E669

triadic

#E5E669 #69E5E6 #E669E5

tetradic

#E5E669 #69E6A8 #6A69E6 #E669A6

square

#E5E669 #69E6A8 #6A69E6 #E669A6

split-complementary

#E5E669 #69A6E6 #A869E6

monochromatic

#B5B61E #DCDD35 #E5E669 #EEEF9D #F7F7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E5E669 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#E5E669 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E669

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E669	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E669	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)

#F6DD5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e669;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.147 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed98',
    500: '#e5e669',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e669;
$custom-light: #f0ed98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e669",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.48,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89991,
    "c": 0.14721,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E669

secondary

#3E3DB6

accent

#12D314

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E669

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

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