#E5E765#E5E765

#E5E765 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.152 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E765
RGB	rgb(229, 231, 101)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 56.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.28, -17.27, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.28, 64.07, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(90.16% -0.0517 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(90.16% 0.152 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.2397, 74.7510, 23.4065)
Luminance	0.7475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E765 #6765E7

analogous

#E7A865 #E5E765 #A4E765

triadic

#E5E765 #65E5E7 #E765E5

tetradic

#E5E765 #65E7A8 #6765E7 #E765A4

square

#E5E765 #65E7A8 #6765E7 #E765A4

split-complementary

#E5E765 #65A4E7 #A865E7

monochromatic

#B3B51C #DCDF30 #E5E765 #EEEF9A #F7F8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E5E765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#E5E765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E765

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E765	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E26C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 231, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.152 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ee95',
    500: '#e5e765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e765;
$custom-light: #f0ee95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 73.034,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90158,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E765

secondary

#3D3BB5

accent

#10D513

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E765

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

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