#E5E96D#E5E96D

#E5E96D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.147 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E96D
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 109)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(62, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.88, -17.64, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.88, 61.44, 106.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.66% -0.0519 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(90.66% 0.147 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.2138, 76.0414, 25.7598)
Luminance	0.7604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E96D #716DE9

analogous

#E9AF6D #E5E96D #A7E96D

triadic

#E5E96D #6DE5E9 #E96DE5

tetradic

#E5E96D #6DE9AF #716DE9 #E96DA7

square

#E5E96D #6DE9AF #716DE9 #E96DA7

split-complementary

#E5E96D #6DA7E9 #AF6DE9

monochromatic

#BABF1D #DCE138 #E5E96D #EEF1A2 #F8F9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#E5E96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E96D

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E96D	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.147 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef9a',
    500: '#e5e96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e96d;
$custom-light: #f0ef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90663,
    "c": 0.14691,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E96D

secondary

#413CBE

accent

#10D616

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E96D

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

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