#E5E85C#E5E85C

#E5E85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.160 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E85C
RGB	rgb(229, 232, 92)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.46, -18.38, 65.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.46, 68.24, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(90.28% -0.0557 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(90.28% 0.16 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.1033, 75.1455, 21.3036)
Luminance	0.7514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E85C #5F5CE8

analogous

#E8A55C #E5E85C #9FE85C

triadic

#E5E85C #5CE5E8 #E85CE5

tetradic

#E5E85C #5CE8A5 #5F5CE8 #E85C9F

square

#E5E85C #5CE8A5 #5F5CE8 #E85C9F

split-complementary

#E5E85C #5C9FE8 #A55CE8

monochromatic

#ADB119 #DCE026 #E5E85C #EEF092 #F6F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E5E85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#E5E85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E85C

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E85C	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 232, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.160 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef90',
    500: '#e5e85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e85c;
$custom-light: #f0ef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.286,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9028,
    "c": 0.1601,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E85C

secondary

#3A37B1

accent

#0ED712

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E85C

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

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