#E5E85E#E5E85E

#E5E85E 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 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E85E
RGB	rgb(229, 232, 94)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.48, -18.25, 64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.48, 67.43, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.3% -0.0552 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(90.3% 0.159 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.1919, 75.1810, 21.7701)
Luminance	0.7518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E85E #615EE8

analogous

#E8A65E #E5E85E #A0E85E

triadic

#E5E85E #5EE5E8 #E85EE5

tetradic

#E5E85E #5EE8A6 #615EE8 #E85EA0

square

#E5E85E #5EE8A6 #615EE8 #E85EA0

split-complementary

#E5E85E #5EA0E8 #A65EE8

monochromatic

#AFB219 #DCE028 #E5E85E #EEF094 #F6F7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E5E85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#E5E85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E85E

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E85E	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 232, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.159 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef91',
    500: '#e5e85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e85e;
$custom-light: #f0ef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.304,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90299,
    "c": 0.15853,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E85E

secondary

#3A38B3

accent

#0ED713

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E85E

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

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