#E5E970#E5E970

#E5E970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.144 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E970
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 112)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 51.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.91, -17.40, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.91, 60.11, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90.7% -0.0509 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(90.7% 0.144 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.3781, 76.1071, 26.6249)
Luminance	0.7611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E970 #7470E9

analogous

#E9B070 #E5E970 #A9E970

triadic

#E5E970 #70E5E9 #E970E5

tetradic

#E5E970 #70E9B0 #7470E9 #E970A9

square

#E5E970 #70E9B0 #7470E9 #E970A9

split-complementary

#E5E970 #70A9E9 #B070E9

monochromatic

#BCC11E #DBE13B #E5E970 #EFF1A5 #F8F9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E5E970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#E5E970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E970

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E970	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E064

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.144 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef9c',
    500: '#e5e970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e970;
$custom-light: #efef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.983,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90697,
    "c": 0.14418,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E970

secondary

#423EC0

accent

#10D517

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E970

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

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