#E5E16F#E5E16F

#E5E16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.136 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5E16F
RGBrgb(229, 225, 111)
HSLhsl(58, 69%, 67%)
HSVhsv(58, 52%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.7%, 51.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(87.80, -13.54, 55.54)
CIE-LCHlch(87.80, 57.17, 103.70°)
OKLaboklab(89.02% -0.04 0.1305)
OKLCHoklch(89.02% 0.136 107)
XYZxyz(62.1092, 71.6579, 25.5955)
Luminance0.7166 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5E16F #6F73E5
analogous
#E5A66F #E5E16F #AEE56F
triadic
#E5E16F #6FE5E1 #E16FE5
tetradic
#E5E16F #6FE5A6 #6F73E5 #E56FAE
square
#E5E16F #6FE5A6 #6F73E5 #E56FAE
split-complementary
#E5E16F #6FAEE5 #A66FE5
monochromatic
#B8B321 #DCD63B #E5E16F #EEECA3 #F8F7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37
#E5E16F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33
#E5E16F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E16F
15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5E16F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5E16F1.001.3715.3315.33
#FFFFFF1.371.0021.0021.00
#00000015.3321.001.001.00
##00000015.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F1DA64
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F3DE75
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3D5C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5e16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.136 107.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea9b',
    500: '#e5e16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5e16f;
$custom-light: #efea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5e16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89016,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.71656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5E16F
secondary
#4044B8
accent
#1BD114
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17160E
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E16F

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#E5E16F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva