#E5E161#E5E161

#E5E161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.149 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E161
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.67, -14.61, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.67, 63.35, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(88.86% -0.0445 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(88.86% 0.149 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.3979, 71.3733, 21.8491)
Luminance	0.7137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E161 #6165E5

analogous

#E59F61 #E5E161 #A7E561

triadic

#E5E161 #61E5E1 #E161E5

tetradic

#E5E161 #61E59F #6165E5 #E561A7

square

#E5E161 #61E59F #6165E5 #E561A7

split-complementary

#E5E161 #61A7E5 #9F61E5

monochromatic

#AFAA1D #DCD72C #E5E161 #EEEB96 #F6F5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#E5E161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E161

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E161	1.00	1.37	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.37	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)

#F2D953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.149 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea92',
    500: '#e5e161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e161;
$custom-light: #f0ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88862,
    "c": 0.14888,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E161

secondary

#3A3EB0

accent

#18D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E161

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

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