#E5E351#E5E351

#E5E351 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.163 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E351
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.06, -16.62, 68.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.06, 70.64, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0519 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.163 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.2695, 72.1921, 18.4900)
Luminance	0.7219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E351 #5153E5

analogous

#E59951 #E5E351 #9DE551

triadic

#E5E351 #51E5E3 #E351E5

tetradic

#E5E351 #51E599 #5153E5 #E5519D

square

#E5E351 #51E599 #5153E5 #E5519D

split-complementary

#E5E351 #519DE5 #9951E5

monochromatic

#A3A118 #D8D620 #E5E351 #EDEC86 #F5F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#E5E351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E351

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E351	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.163 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eb89',
    500: '#e5e351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e351;
$custom-light: #f1eb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89136,
    "c": 0.16318,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E351

secondary

#3536A6

accent

#12D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E351

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

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