#E5ED66#E5ED66

#E5ED66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.157 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5ED66
RGB	rgb(229, 237, 102)
HSL	hsl(64, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(64, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 57%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.87, -20.12, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.87, 66.17, 107.70°)
OKLab	oklab(91.43% -0.0596 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(91.43% 0.157 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.9971, 78.1870, 24.2355)
Luminance	0.7819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5ED66 #6E66ED

analogous

#EDB266 #E5ED66 #A2ED66

triadic

#E5ED66 #66E5ED #ED66E5

tetradic

#E5ED66 #66EDB2 #6E66ED #ED66A2

square

#E5ED66 #66EDB2 #6E66ED #ED66A2

split-complementary

#E5ED66 #66A2ED #B266ED

monochromatic

#B8C217 #DCE72F #E5ED66 #EEF39D #F8FAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E5ED66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#E5ED66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5ED66

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5ED66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5ED66	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE76E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ed66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 237, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.157 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f296',
    500: '#e5ed66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ed66;
$custom-light: #f0f296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ed66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.556,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91429,
    "c": 0.15737,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5ED66

secondary

#3F37C0

accent

#0ADB17

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5ED66

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

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