#E5E95B#E5E95B

#E5E95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.162 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E95B
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 91)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.72, -18.94, 66.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.72, 69.05, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.0574 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.162 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.3422, 75.6927, 21.1690)
Luminance	0.7569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E95B #5F5BE9

analogous

#E9A65B #E5E95B #9EE95B

triadic

#E5E95B #5BE5E9 #E95BE5

tetradic

#E5E95B #5BE9A6 #5F5BE9 #E95B9E

square

#E5E95B #5BE9A6 #5F5BE9 #E95B9E

split-complementary

#E5E95B #5B9EE9 #A65BE9

monochromatic

#ADB218 #DCE225 #E5E95B #EEF091 #F6F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#E5E95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E95B

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E95B	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.162 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef8f',
    500: '#e5e95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e95b;
$custom-light: #f0ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.69,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90481,
    "c": 0.16191,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E95B

secondary

#3A36B2

accent

#0DD913

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E95B

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

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