#E5EA99#E5EA99

#E5EA99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.103 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EA99
RGB	rgb(229, 234, 153)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(64, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 34.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.69, -13.81, 38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.69, 41.22, 109.58°)
OKLab	oklab(91.49% -0.0373 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(91.49% 0.103 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.4861, 77.8045, 41.5935)
Luminance	0.7780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EA99 #9E99EA

analogous

#EAC699 #E5EA99 #BCEA99

triadic

#E5EA99 #99E5EA #EA99E5

tetradic

#E5EA99 #99EAC6 #9E99EA #EA99BC

square

#E5EA99 #99EAC6 #9E99EA #EA99BC

split-complementary

#E5EA99 #99BCEA #C699EA

monochromatic

#CBD533 #D8E066 #E5EA99 #F2F4CC #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E5EA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#E5EA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EA99

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EA99	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFE1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ea99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 234, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.103 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eef0b8',
    500: '#e5ea99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ea99;
$custom-light: #eef0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ea99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.704,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91489,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EA99

secondary

#6862C5

accent

#18CE23

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EA99

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

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