#E5E969#E5E969

#E5E969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.150 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E969
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 105)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 54.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.84, -17.95, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.84, 63.19, 106.50°)
OKLab	oklab(90.62% -0.0532 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(90.62% 0.15 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.0034, 75.9572, 24.6515)
Luminance	0.7596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E969 #6D69E9

analogous

#E9AD69 #E5E969 #A5E969

triadic

#E5E969 #69E5E9 #E969E5

tetradic

#E5E969 #69E9AD #6D69E9 #E969A5

square

#E5E969 #69E9AD #6D69E9 #E969A5

split-complementary

#E5E969 #69A5E9 #AD69E9

monochromatic

#B7BC1C #DCE134 #E5E969 #EEF19E #F8F9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#E5E969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E969

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E969	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)

#F9E05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.150 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef98',
    500: '#e5e969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e969;
$custom-light: #f0ef98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 74.419,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90619,
    "c": 0.15044,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E969

secondary

#3F3BBB

accent

#0FD715

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E969

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

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