#E5E456#E5E456

#E5E456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.161 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E456
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.36, -16.81, 67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.36, 69.07, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(89.39% -0.0519 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(89.39% 0.161 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.7382, 72.8185, 19.6055)
Luminance	0.7282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E456 #5657E5

analogous

#E59C56 #E5E456 #9FE556

triadic

#E5E456 #56E5E4 #E456E5

tetradic

#E5E456 #56E59C #5657E5 #E5569F

square

#E5E456 #56E59C #5657E5 #E5569F

split-complementary

#E5E456 #569FE5 #9C56E5

monochromatic

#A7A61A #DCDB22 #E5E456 #EDEC8B #F5F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E5E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E456

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E456	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.161 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec8c',
    500: '#e5e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e456;
$custom-light: #f0ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.58,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89387,
    "c": 0.16057,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E456

secondary

#3637A9

accent

#11D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E456

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

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