#E5E164#E5E164

#E5E164 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.146 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E164
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 100)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 56.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.69, -14.40, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.69, 62.06, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(88.89% -0.0436 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(88.89% 0.146 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.5404, 71.4303, 22.5998)
Luminance	0.7143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E164 #6468E5

analogous

#E5A164 #E5E164 #A8E564

triadic

#E5E164 #64E5E1 #E164E5

tetradic

#E5E164 #64E5A1 #6468E5 #E564A8

square

#E5E164 #64E5A1 #6468E5 #E564A8

split-complementary

#E5E164 #64A8E5 #A164E5

monochromatic

#B1AC1E #DCD730 #E5E164 #EEEB98 #F7F5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#E5E164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E164

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E164	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.146 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea94',
    500: '#e5e164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e164;
$custom-light: #f0ea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 71.271,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88893,
    "c": 0.14634,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E164

secondary

#3B3FB2

accent

#18D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E164

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

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