#E5EB5B#E5EB5B

#E5EB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.164 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EB5B
RGB	rgb(229, 235, 91)
HSL	hsl(63, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 61.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.24, -19.91, 66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.24, 69.87, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(90.9% -0.0601 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(90.9% 0.164 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.9115, 76.8315, 21.3587)
Luminance	0.7683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EB5B #615BEB

analogous

#EBA95B #E5EB5B #9DEB5B

triadic

#E5EB5B #5BE5EB #EB5BE5

tetradic

#E5EB5B #5BEBA9 #615BEB #EB5B9D

square

#E5EB5B #5BEBA9 #615BEB #EB5B9D

split-complementary

#E5EB5B #5B9DEB #A95BEB

monochromatic

#AFB516 #DCE424 #E5EB5B #EEF292 #F6F8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E5EB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#E5EB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EB5B

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EB5B	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5eb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 235, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.164 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f18f',
    500: '#e5eb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5eb5b;
$custom-light: #f0f18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5eb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90903,
    "c": 0.16401,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EB5B

secondary

#3A35B5

accent

#0BDB14

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EB5B

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

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