#E5E96B#E5E96B

#E5E96B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.149 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E96B
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 107)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 54.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.86, -17.80, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.86, 62.32, 106.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.64% -0.0525 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(90.64% 0.149 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.1074, 75.9988, 25.1993)
Luminance	0.7600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E96B #6F6BE9

analogous

#E9AE6B #E5E96B #A6E96B

triadic

#E5E96B #6BE5E9 #E96BE5

tetradic

#E5E96B #6BE9AE #6F6BE9 #E96BA6

square

#E5E96B #6BE9AE #6F6BE9 #E96BA6

split-complementary

#E5E96B #6BA6E9 #AE6BE9

monochromatic

#B8BD1C #DCE136 #E5E96B #EEF1A0 #F8F9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#E5E96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E96B

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E96B	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E05E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.149 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef99',
    500: '#e5e96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e96b;
$custom-light: #f0ef99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.905,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90641,
    "c": 0.14869,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E96B

secondary

#403CBC

accent

#0FD616

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E96B

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

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