#E5E051#E5E051

#E5E051 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.160 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E051
RGB	rgb(229, 224, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.27, -15.14, 67.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.27, 69.52, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(88.51% -0.0477 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(88.51% 0.16 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.4561, 70.5653, 18.2189)
Luminance	0.7056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E051 #5156E5

analogous

#E59651 #E5E051 #A0E551

triadic

#E5E051 #51E5E0 #E051E5

tetradic

#E5E051 #51E596 #5156E5 #E551A0

square

#E5E051 #51E596 #5156E5 #E551A0

split-complementary

#E5E051 #51A0E5 #9651E5

monochromatic

#A39F18 #D8D220 #E5E051 #EDE986 #F5F3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E5E051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#E5E051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E051

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E051	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 224, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.160 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e989',
    500: '#e5e051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e051;
$custom-light: #f1e989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.973,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88507,
    "c": 0.16027,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E051

secondary

#3538A6

accent

#16D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E051

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

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