#E5E461#E5E461

#E5E461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.152 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E461
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.45, -16.09, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.45, 64.55, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0487 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.152 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.2160, 73.0096, 22.1219)
Luminance	0.7301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E461 #6162E5

analogous

#E5A261 #E5E461 #A4E561

triadic

#E5E461 #61E5E4 #E461E5

tetradic

#E5E461 #61E5A2 #6162E5 #E561A4

square

#E5E461 #61E5A2 #6162E5 #E561A4

split-complementary

#E5E461 #61A4E5 #A261E5

monochromatic

#AFAE1D #DCDB2C #E5E461 #EEED96 #F6F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#E5E461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E461

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E461	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)

#F5DB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.152 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec93',
    500: '#e5e461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e461;
$custom-light: #f0ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89489,
    "c": 0.15194,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E461

secondary

#3A3BB0

accent

#13D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E461

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

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