#E5E95E#E5E95E

#E5E95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.160 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E95E
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 94)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.74, -18.74, 65.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.74, 67.83, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(90.51% -0.0565 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(90.51% 0.16 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.4742, 75.7455, 21.8642)
Luminance	0.7574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E95E #625EE9

analogous

#E9A85E #E5E95E #A0E95E

triadic

#E5E95E #5EE5E9 #E95EE5

tetradic

#E5E95E #5EE9A8 #625EE9 #E95EA0

square

#E5E95E #5EE9A8 #625EE9 #E95EA0

split-complementary

#E5E95E #5EA0E9 #A85EE9

monochromatic

#B0B419 #DCE228 #E5E95E #EEF094 #F6F8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#E5E95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E95E

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E95E	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)

#FADF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.160 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef91',
    500: '#e5e95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e95e;
$custom-light: #f0ef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.727,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90509,
    "c": 0.15957,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E95E

secondary

#3B37B4

accent

#0DD813

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E95E

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

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