#E5E960#E5E960

#E5E960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.158 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5E960
RGBrgb(229, 233, 96)
HSLhsl(62, 76%, 65%)
HSVhsv(62, 59%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(1.7%, 0%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(89.76, -18.60, 64.38)
CIE-LCHlch(89.76, 67.01, 106.12°)
OKLaboklab(90.53% -0.0559 0.1477)
OKLCHoklch(90.53% 0.158 110.7)
XYZxyz(63.5651, 75.7819, 22.3430)
Luminance0.7578 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5E960 #6460E9
analogous
#E9A960 #E5E960 #A1E960
triadic
#E5E960 #60E5E9 #E960E5
tetradic
#E5E960 #60E9A9 #6460E9 #E960A1
square
#E5E960 #60E9A9 #6460E9 #E960A1
split-complementary
#E5E960 #60A1E9 #A960E9
monochromatic
#B1B519 #DCE22A #E5E960 #EEF096 #F7F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30
#E5E960 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16
#E5E960 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E960
16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5E960#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5E9601.001.3016.1616.16
#FFFFFF1.301.0021.0021.00
#00000016.1621.001.001.00
##00000016.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FAE050
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FBE468
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3DCCC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5e960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.158 110.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef92',
    500: '#e5e960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5e960;
$custom-light: #f0ef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5e960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.752,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90528,
    "c": 0.15798,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5E960
secondary
#3B38B5
accent
#0ED814
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF4
border
#D6D6CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E960

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#E5E960 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva