#E5E271#E5E271

#E5E271 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.136 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E271
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 113)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 50.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.09, -13.87, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.09, 56.67, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(89.25% -0.0407 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(89.25% 0.136 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.4917, 72.2446, 26.2723)
Luminance	0.7224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E271 #7174E5

analogous

#E5A871 #E5E271 #AEE571

triadic

#E5E271 #71E5E2 #E271E5

tetradic

#E5E271 #71E5A8 #7174E5 #E571AE

square

#E5E271 #71E5A8 #7174E5 #E571AE

split-complementary

#E5E271 #71AEE5 #A871E5

monochromatic

#BAB622 #DCD73D #E5E271 #EEEDA5 #F8F7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E5E271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E271

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E271	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.136 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea9d',
    500: '#e5e271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e271;
$custom-light: #efea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.448,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89248,
    "c": 0.13565,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E271

secondary

#4144BA

accent

#19D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E271

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

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