#E5E16D#E5E16D

#E5E16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.138 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E16D
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 52.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.78, -13.71, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.78, 58.07, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(88.99% -0.0407 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(88.99% 0.138 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.0003, 71.6143, 25.0220)
Luminance	0.7161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E16D #6D71E5

analogous

#E5A56D #E5E16D #ADE56D

triadic

#E5E16D #6DE5E1 #E16DE5

tetradic

#E5E16D #6DE5A5 #6D71E5 #E56DAD

square

#E5E16D #6DE5A5 #6D71E5 #E56DAD

split-complementary

#E5E16D #6DADE5 #A56DE5

monochromatic

#B7B221 #DCD639 #E5E16D #EEECA1 #F8F6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#E5E16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E16D

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E16D	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)

#F1D962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.138 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea9a',
    500: '#e5e16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e16d;
$custom-light: #efea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88993,
    "c": 0.13833,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E16D

secondary

#3F43B7

accent

#1AD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E16D

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

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