#E5E763#E5E763
#E5E763 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.153 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5E763 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 231, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 73%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 57%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 57.1%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.26, -17.42, 62.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.26, 64.93, 105.56°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.14% -0.0523 0.1442) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.14% 0.153 109.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(63.1429, 74.7123, 22.8967) |
| Luminance | 0.7471 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 3.98
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.04
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 4.69
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 4.73
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.83
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 4.86
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5E763 #6563E7
analogous
#E7A763 #E5E763 #A3E763
triadic
#E5E763 #63E5E7 #E763E5
tetradic
#E5E763 #63E7A7 #6563E7 #E763A3
square
#E5E763 #63E7A7 #6563E7 #E763A3
split-complementary
#E5E763 #63A3E7 #A763E7
monochromatic
#B2B41C #DCDF2E #E5E763 #EEEF98 #F7F7CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.32
#E5E763 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.94
#E5E763 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5E763
15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5E763 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5E763 | 1.00 | 1.32 | 15.94 | 15.94 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.32 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F8DE55
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E26B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3DACB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5e763; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 231, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.153 109.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0ee94',
500: '#e5e763',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5e763; $custom-light: #f0ee94; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5e763",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 231,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.909,
"s": 73.333,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90137,
"c": 0.15341,
"h": 109.9
},
"luminance": 0.74711
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5E763
secondary
#3C3AB4
accent
#10D513
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F