#E5E451#E5E451

#E5E451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.164 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5E451
RGBrgb(229, 228, 81)
HSLhsl(60, 74%, 61%)
HSVhsv(60, 65%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.4%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(88.32, -17.11, 68.93)
CIE-LCHlch(88.32, 71.02, 103.94°)
OKLaboklab(89.35% -0.0533 0.1553)
OKLCHoklch(89.35% 0.164 108.9)
XYZxyz(61.5438, 72.7407, 18.5814)
Luminance0.7274 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5E451 #5152E5
analogous
#E59A51 #E5E451 #9CE551
triadic
#E5E451 #51E5E4 #E451E5
tetradic
#E5E451 #51E59A #5152E5 #E5519C
square
#E5E451 #51E59A #5152E5 #E5519C
split-complementary
#E5E451 #519CE5 #9A51E5
monochromatic
#A3A218 #D8D720 #E5E451 #EDEC86 #F5F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35
#E5E451 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55
#E5E451 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E451
15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5E451#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5E4511.001.3515.5515.55
#FFFFFF1.351.0021.0021.00
#00000015.5521.001.001.00
##00000015.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DB3D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F8E05B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5D6C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5e451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.164 108.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec89',
    500: '#e5e451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5e451;
$custom-light: #f1ec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5e451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.595,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89345,
    "c": 0.16416,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5E451
secondary
#3535A6
accent
#11D60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E451

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#E5E451 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva