#E5EE65#E5EE65

#E5EE65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.159 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EE65
RGB	rgb(229, 238, 101)
HSL	hsl(64, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.12, -20.67, 63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.12, 67.02, 107.96°)
OKLab	oklab(91.63% -0.0613 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(91.63% 0.159 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.2382, 78.7480, 24.0726)
Luminance	0.7875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EE65 #6E65EE

analogous

#EEB365 #E5EE65 #A1EE65

triadic

#E5EE65 #65E5EE #EE65E5

tetradic

#E5EE65 #65EEB3 #6E65EE #EE65A1

square

#E5EE65 #65EEB3 #6E65EE #EE65A1

split-complementary

#E5EE65 #65A1EE #B365EE

monochromatic

#B8C316 #DCE82E #E5EE65 #EEF49C #F8FAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E5EE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#E5EE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EE65

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EE65	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE76D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ee65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 238, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.159 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f396',
    500: '#e5ee65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ee65;
$custom-light: #f0f396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ee65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.942,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9163,
    "c": 0.15929,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EE65

secondary

#3F36C1

accent

#09DC17

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17170E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EE65

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

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