#E5E16A#E5E16A

#E5E16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.141 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E16A
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 106)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 53.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.75, -13.94, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.75, 59.42, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.0417 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.141 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.8415, 71.5508, 24.1859)
Luminance	0.7155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E16A #6A6EE5

analogous

#E5A36A #E5E16A #ABE56A

triadic

#E5E16A #6AE5E1 #E16AE5

tetradic

#E5E16A #6AE5A3 #6A6EE5 #E56AAB

square

#E5E16A #6AE5A3 #6A6EE5 #E56AAB

split-complementary

#E5E16A #6AABE5 #A36AE5

monochromatic

#B5B020 #DCD736 #E5E16A #EEEB9E #F7F6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#E5E16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E16A

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E16A	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D95E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.141 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea98',
    500: '#e5e16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e16a;
$custom-light: #f0ea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.049,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88958,
    "c": 0.14107,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E16A

secondary

#3E42B5

accent

#19D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E16A

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

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