#E5E964#E5E964

#E5E964 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.155 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E964
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 100)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 57.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.79, -18.32, 62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.79, 65.33, 106.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.0547 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.155 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.7539, 75.8574, 23.3377)
Luminance	0.7586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E964 #6864E9

analogous

#E9AB64 #E5E964 #A2E964

triadic

#E5E964 #64E5E9 #E964E5

tetradic

#E5E964 #64E9AB #6864E9 #E964A2

square

#E5E964 #64E9AB #6864E9 #E964A2

split-complementary

#E5E964 #64A2E9 #AB64E9

monochromatic

#B4B81A #DCE12E #E5E964 #EEF19A #F7F8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E964 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#E5E964 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E964

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E964	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E964	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE46C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e964;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.155 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef95',
    500: '#e5e964',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e964;
$custom-light: #f0ef95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e964",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.805,
    "s": 75.141,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90567,
    "c": 0.15471,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E964

secondary

#3D39B8

accent

#0ED714

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E964

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

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