#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
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 111)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 51.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.80, -13.54, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.80, 57.17, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(89.02% -0.04 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(89.02% 0.136 107)
XYZ	xyz(62.1092, 71.6579, 25.5955)
Luminance	0.7166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E5E16F	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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