#E5E953#E5E953

#E5E953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.168 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E953
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 83)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.66, -19.43, 69.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.66, 72.19, 105.61°)
OKLab	oklab(90.41% -0.0596 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(90.41% 0.168 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.0153, 75.5620, 19.4474)
Luminance	0.7556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E953 #5753E9

analogous

#E9A253 #E5E953 #9AE953

triadic

#E5E953 #53E5E9 #E953E5

tetradic

#E5E953 #53E9A2 #5753E9 #E9539A

square

#E5E953 #53E9A2 #5753E9 #E9539A

split-complementary

#E5E953 #539AE9 #A253E9

monochromatic

#A8AC16 #DDE21D #E5E953 #EDF089 #F5F7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#E5E953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E953

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E953	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.168 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef8b',
    500: '#e5e953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e953;
$custom-light: #f0ef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.6,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90413,
    "c": 0.16778,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E953

secondary

#3733AD

accent

#0CDA11

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E953

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

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