#E5E793#E5E793

#E5E793 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.106 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E793
RGB	rgb(229, 231, 147)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 36.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.82, -13.01, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.82, 42.73, 107.73°)
OKLab	oklab(90.77% -0.0353 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(90.77% 0.106 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.1562, 75.9176, 38.7666)
Luminance	0.7592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E793 #9593E7

analogous

#E7BF93 #E5E793 #BBE793

triadic

#E5E793 #93E5E7 #E793E5

tetradic

#E5E793 #93E7BF #9593E7 #E793BB

square

#E5E793 #93E7BF #9593E7 #E793BB

split-complementary

#E5E793 #93BBE7 #BF93E7

monochromatic

#CDD12F #D9DC61 #E5E793 #F1F2C5 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E793 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#E5E793 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E793

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E793	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E793	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E08D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e793;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 231, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.106 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeeb3',
    500: '#e5e793',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e793;
$custom-light: #eeeeb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e793",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90768,
    "c": 0.10588,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E793

secondary

#605DC1

accent

#1ACB1E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E793

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

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