#E5E080#E5E080

#E5E080 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.119 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E080
RGB	rgb(229, 224, 128)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 44.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.74, -11.52, 47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.74, 48.80, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% -0.0326 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.119 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.8663, 71.5294, 30.9128)
Luminance	0.7153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E080 #8085E5

analogous

#E5AE80 #E5E080 #B7E580

triadic

#E5E080 #80E5E0 #E080E5

tetradic

#E5E080 #80E5AE #8085E5 #E580B7

square

#E5E080 #80E5AE #8085E5 #E580B7

split-complementary

#E5E080 #80B7E5 #AE80E5

monochromatic

#C3BB28 #DBD44D #E5E080 #EFECB3 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#E5E080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E080

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E080	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD978

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 224, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.119 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe9a6',
    500: '#e5e080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e080;
$custom-light: #efe9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.03,
    "s": 66.013,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89031,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E080

secondary

#4C52BD

accent

#21CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E080

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

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