#E5E361#E5E361

#E5E361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.151 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E361
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.19, -15.60, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.19, 64.15, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.0473 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.151 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.9417, 72.4610, 22.0304)
Luminance	0.7246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E361 #6163E5

analogous

#E5A161 #E5E361 #A5E561

triadic

#E5E361 #61E5E3 #E361E5

tetradic

#E5E361 #61E5A1 #6163E5 #E561A5

square

#E5E361 #61E5A1 #6163E5 #E561A5

split-complementary

#E5E361 #61A5E5 #A161E5

monochromatic

#AFAD1D #DCDA2C #E5E361 #EEEC96 #F6F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#E5E361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E361

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E361	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.151 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb93',
    500: '#e5e361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e361;
$custom-light: #f0eb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8928,
    "c": 0.15091,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E361

secondary

#3A3CB0

accent

#15D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E361

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

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