#E5E181#E5E181

#E5E181 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.119 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E181
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 129)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 43.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -11.92, 47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 48.75, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(89.25% -0.0336 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(89.25% 0.119 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.2020, 72.0950, 31.3510)
Luminance	0.7209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E181 #8185E5

analogous

#E5AF81 #E5E181 #B7E581

triadic

#E5E181 #81E5E1 #E181E5

tetradic

#E5E181 #81E5AF #8185E5 #E581B7

square

#E5E181 #81E5AF #8185E5 #E581B7

split-complementary

#E5E181 #81B7E5 #AF81E5

monochromatic

#C3BD28 #DBD54E #E5E181 #EFEDB4 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#E5E181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E181

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E181	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDA79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.119 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeaa7',
    500: '#e5e181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e181;
$custom-light: #efeaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89252,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E181

secondary

#4D51BD

accent

#1FCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E181

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

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