#E5E85D#E5E85D

#E5E85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.159 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E85D
RGB	rgb(229, 232, 93)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 59.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.47, -18.32, 65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.47, 67.84, 105.67°)
OKLab	oklab(90.29% -0.0554 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(90.29% 0.159 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.1473, 75.1631, 21.5353)
Luminance	0.7516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E85D #605DE8

analogous

#E8A55D #E5E85D #9FE85D

triadic

#E5E85D #5DE5E8 #E85DE5

tetradic

#E5E85D #5DE8A5 #605DE8 #E85D9F

square

#E5E85D #5DE8A5 #605DE8 #E85D9F

split-complementary

#E5E85D #5D9FE8 #A55DE8

monochromatic

#AEB119 #DCE027 #E5E85D #EEF093 #F6F7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E5E85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#E5E85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E85D

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E85D	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)

#F9DF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 232, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.159 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef90',
    500: '#e5e85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e85d;
$custom-light: #f0ef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.295,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90289,
    "c": 0.15931,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E85D

secondary

#3A37B2

accent

#0ED713

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E85D

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

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