#E5E178#E5E178

#E5E178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.128 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E178
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 47.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.90, -12.77, 51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.90, 53.01, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(89.13% -0.0369 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(89.13% 0.128 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.6299, 71.8662, 28.3380)
Luminance	0.7187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E178 #787CE5

analogous

#E5AA78 #E5E178 #B2E578

triadic

#E5E178 #78E5E1 #E178E5

tetradic

#E5E178 #78E5AA #787CE5 #E578B2

square

#E5E178 #78E5AA #787CE5 #E578B2

split-complementary

#E5E178 #78B2E5 #AA78E5

monochromatic

#BEB825 #DBD645 #E5E178 #EFECAB #F9F8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#E5E178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E178

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E178	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.128 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeaa1',
    500: '#e5e178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e178;
$custom-light: #efeaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.798,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89129,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E178

secondary

#4549BD

accent

#1DD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E178

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

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