#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
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.32, -17.11, 68.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.32, 71.02, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(89.35% -0.0533 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(89.35% 0.164 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.5438, 72.7407, 18.5814)
Luminance	0.7274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##E5E451	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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