#E5E261#E5E261

#E5E261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.150 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E261
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.93, -15.11, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.93, 63.75, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(89.07% -0.0459 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(89.07% 0.15 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.6690, 71.9156, 21.9395)
Luminance	0.7191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E261 #6164E5

analogous

#E5A061 #E5E261 #A6E561

triadic

#E5E261 #61E5E2 #E261E5

tetradic

#E5E261 #61E5A0 #6164E5 #E561A6

square

#E5E261 #61E5A0 #6164E5 #E561A6

split-complementary

#E5E261 #61A6E5 #A061E5

monochromatic

#AFAC1D #DCD82C #E5E261 #EEEC96 #F6F5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#E5E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E261

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E261	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.150 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea92',
    500: '#e5e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e261;
$custom-light: #f0ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89071,
    "c": 0.14989,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E261

secondary

#3A3DB0

accent

#16D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E261

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

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