#E5E16C#E5E16C

#E5E16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.139 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E16C
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 52.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.77, -13.79, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.77, 58.52, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(88.98% -0.041 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(88.98% 0.139 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.9468, 71.5929, 24.7401)
Luminance	0.7159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E16C #6C70E5

analogous

#E5A46C #E5E16C #ACE56C

triadic

#E5E16C #6CE5E1 #E16CE5

tetradic

#E5E16C #6CE5A4 #6C70E5 #E56CAC

square

#E5E16C #6CE5A4 #6C70E5 #E56CAC

split-complementary

#E5E16C #6CACE5 #A46CE5

monochromatic

#B6B120 #DCD638 #E5E16C #EEECA0 #F7F6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#E5E16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E16C

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E16C	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.139 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea99',
    500: '#e5e16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e16c;
$custom-light: #f0ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.017,
    "s": 69.942,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88981,
    "c": 0.13925,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E16C

secondary

#3F43B7

accent

#1AD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E16C

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

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