#E5E150#E5E150

#E5E150 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.162 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E150
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 80)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.53, -15.69, 68.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.53, 70.28, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.71% -0.0494 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(88.71% 0.162 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.6884, 71.0895, 18.1127)
Luminance	0.7109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E150 #5054E5

analogous

#E59650 #E5E150 #9FE550

triadic

#E5E150 #50E5E1 #E150E5

tetradic

#E5E150 #50E596 #5054E5 #E5509F

square

#E5E150 #50E596 #5054E5 #E5509F

split-complementary

#E5E150 #509FE5 #9650E5

monochromatic

#A29F18 #D8D320 #E5E150 #EDEA85 #F5F3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E5E150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#E5E150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E150

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E150	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.162 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea88',
    500: '#e5e150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e150;
$custom-light: #f1ea88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.389,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88709,
    "c": 0.16193,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E150

secondary

#3437A5

accent

#15D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E150

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

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