#E5E95A#E5E95A

#E5E95A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.163 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E95A
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 90)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.71, -19.00, 66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.71, 69.46, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(90.47% -0.0577 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(90.47% 0.163 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.2993, 75.6756, 20.9433)
Luminance	0.7567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E95A #5E5AE9

analogous

#E9A55A #E5E95A #9DE95A

triadic

#E5E95A #5AE5E9 #E95AE5

tetradic

#E5E95A #5AE9A5 #5E5AE9 #E95A9D

square

#E5E95A #5AE9A5 #5E5AE9 #E95A9D

split-complementary

#E5E95A #5A9DE9 #A55AE9

monochromatic

#ADB118 #DCE224 #E5E95A #EEF090 #F6F7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E95A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#E5E95A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E95A

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E95A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E95A	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e95a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.163 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef8f',
    500: '#e5e95a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e95a;
$custom-light: #f0ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e95a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.678,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90473,
    "c": 0.16267,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E95A

secondary

#3936B1

accent

#0DD913

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E95A

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

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