#E5E679#E5E679

#E5E679 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.132 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E679
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(61, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 47.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.22, -15.15, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.22, 54.70, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(90.18% -0.0436 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(90.18% 0.132 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.0624, 74.6336, 29.1165)
Luminance	0.7463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E679 #7A79E6

analogous

#E6B179 #E5E679 #AFE679

triadic

#E5E679 #79E5E6 #E679E5

tetradic

#E5E679 #79E6B1 #7A79E6 #E679AF

square

#E5E679 #79E6B1 #7A79E6 #E679AF

split-complementary

#E5E679 #79AFE6 #B179E6

monochromatic

#BFC124 #DBDC45 #E5E679 #EFF0AD #F9F9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E5E679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#E5E679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E679

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E679	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.132 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeda2',
    500: '#e5e679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e679;
$custom-light: #efeda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.55,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90181,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E679

secondary

#4745BE

accent

#15D017

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E679

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

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