#E5E156#E5E156

#E5E156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.158 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E156
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.57, -15.34, 66.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.57, 67.92, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(88.76% -0.0477 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(88.76% 0.158 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.9201, 71.1822, 19.3328)
Luminance	0.7118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E156 #565AE5

analogous

#E59A56 #E5E156 #A1E556

triadic

#E5E156 #56E5E1 #E156E5

tetradic

#E5E156 #56E59A #565AE5 #E556A1

square

#E5E156 #56E59A #565AE5 #E556A1

split-complementary

#E5E156 #56A1E5 #9A56E5

monochromatic

#A7A31A #DCD722 #E5E156 #EDEA8B #F5F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E5E156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#E5E156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E156

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E156	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.158 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8c',
    500: '#e5e156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e156;
$custom-light: #f0ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.322,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88759,
    "c": 0.15759,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E156

secondary

#363AA9

accent

#16D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E156

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

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