#E5E16B#E5E16B

#E5E16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.140 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E16B
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 107)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 53.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.76, -13.87, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.76, 58.97, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(88.97% -0.0413 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(88.97% 0.14 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.8939, 71.5717, 24.4614)
Luminance	0.7157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E16B #6B6FE5

analogous

#E5A46B #E5E16B #ACE56B

triadic

#E5E16B #6BE5E1 #E16BE5

tetradic

#E5E16B #6BE5A4 #6B6FE5 #E56BAC

square

#E5E16B #6BE5A4 #6B6FE5 #E56BAC

split-complementary

#E5E16B #6BACE5 #A46BE5

monochromatic

#B6B120 #DCD637 #E5E16B #EEEC9F #F7F6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#E5E16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E16B

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E16B	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)

#F1D95F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.140 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea99',
    500: '#e5e16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e16b;
$custom-light: #f0ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8897,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E16B

secondary

#3E42B6

accent

#1AD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E16B

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

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