#E5E460#E5E460

#E5E460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.153 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E460
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.44, -16.16, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.44, 64.97, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(89.48% -0.049 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(89.48% 0.153 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.1697, 72.9911, 21.8778)
Luminance	0.7299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E460 #6061E5

analogous

#E5A160 #E5E460 #A3E560

triadic

#E5E460 #60E5E4 #E460E5

tetradic

#E5E460 #60E5A1 #6061E5 #E560A3

square

#E5E460 #60E5A1 #6061E5 #E560A3

split-complementary

#E5E460 #60A3E5 #A160E5

monochromatic

#AEAD1C #DCDB2B #E5E460 #EEED95 #F6F6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#E5E460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E460

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E460	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.153 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec92',
    500: '#e5e460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e460;
$custom-light: #f0ec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.549,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89479,
    "c": 0.15276,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E460

secondary

#3A3BAF

accent

#13D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E460

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

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