#E5E863#E5E863

#E5E863 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.154 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E863
RGB	rgb(229, 232, 99)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 57.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.52, -17.91, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.52, 65.34, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% -0.0537 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.154 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.4236, 75.2736, 22.9902)
Luminance	0.7527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E863 #6663E8

analogous

#E8A863 #E5E863 #A3E863

triadic

#E5E863 #63E5E8 #E863E5

tetradic

#E5E863 #63E8A8 #6663E8 #E863A3

square

#E5E863 #63E8A8 #6663E8 #E863A3

split-complementary

#E5E863 #63A3E8 #A863E8

monochromatic

#B2B61B #DCE02E #E5E863 #EEF098 #F7F8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E5E863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#E5E863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E863

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E863	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 232, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.154 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef94',
    500: '#e5e863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e863;
$custom-light: #f0ef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.353,
    "s": 74.302,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90347,
    "c": 0.15447,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E863

secondary

#3C39B6

accent

#0FD614

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E863

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

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