#E5E166#E5E166

#E5E166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.145 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E166
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 102)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.71, -14.25, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.71, 61.19, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(88.91% -0.043 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(88.91% 0.145 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.6384, 71.4695, 23.1159)
Luminance	0.7147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E166 #666AE5

analogous

#E5A166 #E5E166 #AAE566

triadic

#E5E166 #66E5E1 #E166E5

tetradic

#E5E166 #66E5A1 #666AE5 #E566AA

square

#E5E166 #66E5A1 #666AE5 #E566AA

split-complementary

#E5E166 #66AAE5 #A166E5

monochromatic

#B2AE1E #DCD732 #E5E166 #EEEB9A #F7F6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#E5E166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E166

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E166	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)

#F2D959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.145 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea95',
    500: '#e5e166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e166;
$custom-light: #f0ea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.11,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88914,
    "c": 0.14461,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E166

secondary

#3C40B3

accent

#19D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E166

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

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