#E5E97A#E5E97A

#E5E97A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.135 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E97A
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 122)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(62, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 47.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.02, -16.53, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.02, 55.57, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% -0.0475 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.135 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.9661, 76.3423, 29.7218)
Luminance	0.7634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E97A #7E7AE9

analogous

#E9B67A #E5E97A #AEE97A

triadic

#E5E97A #7AE5E9 #E97AE5

tetradic

#E5E97A #7AE9B6 #7E7AE9 #E97AAE

square

#E5E97A #7AE9B6 #7E7AE9 #E97AAE

split-complementary

#E5E97A #7AAEE9 #B67AE9

monochromatic

#C2C821 #DBE045 #E5E97A #EFF2AF #FAFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E5E97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#E5E97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E97A

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E97A	1.00	1.29	16.27	16.27
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.135 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efefa3',
    500: '#e5e97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e97a;
$custom-light: #efefa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.162,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90819,
    "c": 0.13466,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E97A

secondary

#4A46C1

accent

#12D419

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E97A

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

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