#E5E95D#E5E95D

#E5E95D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.160 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E95D
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 93)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.73, -18.81, 65.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.73, 68.24, 106.00°)
OKLab	oklab(90.5% -0.0568 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(90.5% 0.16 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.4296, 75.7277, 21.6294)
Luminance	0.7573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E95D #615DE9

analogous

#E9A75D #E5E95D #9FE95D

triadic

#E5E95D #5DE5E9 #E95DE5

tetradic

#E5E95D #5DE9A7 #615DE9 #E95D9F

square

#E5E95D #5DE9A7 #615DE9 #E95D9F

split-complementary

#E5E95D #5D9FE9 #A75DE9

monochromatic

#AFB318 #DCE227 #E5E95D #EEF093 #F6F8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E95D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#E5E95D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E95D

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E95D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E95D	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e95d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.160 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef90',
    500: '#e5e95d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e95d;
$custom-light: #f0ef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e95d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.714,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.905,
    "c": 0.16035,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E95D

secondary

#3A37B3

accent

#0DD813

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E95D

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

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