#E5E97F#E5E97F

#E5E97F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.130 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E97F
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 127)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(62, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 45.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.08, -16.07, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.08, 53.25, 107.57°)
OKLab	oklab(90.89% -0.0457 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(90.89% 0.13 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.2839, 76.4694, 31.3956)
Luminance	0.7647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E97F #837FE9

analogous

#E9B87F #E5E97F #B0E97F

triadic

#E5E97F #7FE5E9 #E97FE5

tetradic

#E5E97F #7FE9B8 #837FE9 #E97FB0

square

#E5E97F #7FE9B8 #837FE9 #E97FB0

split-complementary

#E5E97F #7FB0E9 #B87FE9

monochromatic

#C4CB23 #DAE04B #E5E97F #F0F2B3 #FAFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E5E97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#E5E97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E97F

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E97F	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.130 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efefa6',
    500: '#e5e97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e97f;
$custom-light: #efefa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.264,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90885,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E97F

secondary

#4F4AC2

accent

#13D31A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E97F

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

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