#E5E15B#E5E15B

#E5E15B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.154 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E15B
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.61, -15.02, 64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.61, 65.88, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(88.8% -0.0463 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(88.8% 0.154 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.1286, 71.2656, 20.4311)
Luminance	0.7126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E15B #5B5FE5

analogous

#E59C5B #E5E15B #A4E55B

triadic

#E5E15B #5BE5E1 #E15BE5

tetradic

#E5E15B #5BE59C #5B5FE5 #E55BA4

square

#E5E15B #5BE59C #5B5FE5 #E55BA4

split-complementary

#E5E15B #5BA4E5 #9C5BE5

monochromatic

#ABA61B #DDD726 #E5E15B #EDEB90 #F6F4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E5E15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#E5E15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E15B

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E15B	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.154 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8f',
    500: '#e5e15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e15b;
$custom-light: #f0ea8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88804,
    "c": 0.15375,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E15B

secondary

#383BAC

accent

#16D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E15B

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

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