#E5ED63#E5ED63
#E5ED63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.160 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5ED63 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 237, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 79%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 58%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 58.2%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.84, -20.33, 64.29) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(90.84, 67.43, 107.55°) |
| OKLab | oklab(91.4% -0.0605 0.148) |
| OKLCH | oklch(91.4% 0.16 112.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(64.8510, 78.1286, 23.4661) |
| Luminance | 0.7813 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.15
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 4.21
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 4.33
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 4.35
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.38
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 4.38
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5ED63 #6B63ED
analogous
#EDB063 #E5ED63 #A0ED63
triadic
#E5ED63 #63E5ED #ED63E5
tetradic
#E5ED63 #63EDB0 #6B63ED #ED63A0
square
#E5ED63 #63EDB0 #6B63ED #ED63A0
split-complementary
#E5ED63 #63A0ED #B063ED
monochromatic
#B6C016 #DCE72C #E5ED63 #EEF39A #F7FAD1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.26
#E5ED63 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.63
#E5ED63 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5ED63
16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5ED63 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5ED63 | 1.00 | 1.26 | 16.63 | 16.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FDE353
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FEE66B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3E0CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E5E5E5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5ed63; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 237, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.160 112.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0f294',
500: '#e5ed63',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5ed63; $custom-light: #f0f294; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5ed63",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 237,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.478,
"s": 79.31,
"l": 65.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.914,
"c": 0.15985,
"h": 112.2
},
"luminance": 0.78127
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5ED63
secondary
#3E36BE
accent
#0ADC16
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF5
border
#D6D6CF
text
#17160E
muted
#85857F