#E5E968#E5E968

#E5E968 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.151 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E968
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 104)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 55.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -18.03, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 63.62, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(90.61% -0.0535 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(90.61% 0.151 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.9523, 75.9368, 24.3824)
Luminance	0.7593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E968 #6C68E9

analogous

#E9AC68 #E5E968 #A4E968

triadic

#E5E968 #68E5E9 #E968E5

tetradic

#E5E968 #68E9AC #6C68E9 #E968A4

square

#E5E968 #68E9AC #6C68E9 #E968A4

split-complementary

#E5E968 #68A4E9 #AC68E9

monochromatic

#B6BB1B #DCE133 #E5E968 #EEF19D #F7F9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#E5E968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E968

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E968	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.151 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef97',
    500: '#e5e968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e968;
$custom-light: #f0ef97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.86,
    "s": 74.566,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90609,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E968

secondary

#3F3BBB

accent

#0FD715

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E968

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

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