#E5E160#E5E160

#E5E160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.150 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E160
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 96)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.66, -14.68, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.66, 63.78, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(88.85% -0.0448 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(88.85% 0.15 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.3515, 71.3548, 21.6051)
Luminance	0.7135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E160 #6064E5

analogous

#E59E60 #E5E160 #A6E560

triadic

#E5E160 #60E5E1 #E160E5

tetradic

#E5E160 #60E59E #6064E5 #E560A6

square

#E5E160 #60E59E #6064E5 #E560A6

split-complementary

#E5E160 #60A6E5 #9E60E5

monochromatic

#AEAA1C #DCD72B #E5E160 #EEEB95 #F6F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E5E160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#E5E160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E160

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E160	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.150 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea92',
    500: '#e5e160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e160;
$custom-light: #f0ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88852,
    "c": 0.1497,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E160

secondary

#3A3DAF

accent

#17D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E160

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

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