#E5E168#E5E168

#E5E168 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.143 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E168
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 104)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 54.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.73, -14.10, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.73, 60.31, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(88.94% -0.0423 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(88.94% 0.143 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.7388, 71.5097, 23.6446)
Luminance	0.7151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E168 #686CE5

analogous

#E5A268 #E5E168 #AAE568

triadic

#E5E168 #68E5E1 #E168E5

tetradic

#E5E168 #68E5A2 #686CE5 #E568AA

square

#E5E168 #68E5A2 #686CE5 #E568AA

split-complementary

#E5E168 #68AAE5 #A268E5

monochromatic

#B4AF1F #DCD734 #E5E168 #EEEB9C #F7F6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#E5E168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E168

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E168	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.143 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea97',
    500: '#e5e168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e168;
$custom-light: #f0ea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88936,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E168

secondary

#3D41B4

accent

#19D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E168

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

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