#E5E551#E5E551

#E5E551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.165 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E551
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -17.60, 69.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 71.41, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.56% -0.0546 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(89.56% 0.165 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.8196, 73.2925, 18.6734)
Luminance	0.7329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E551 #5151E5

analogous

#E59B51 #E5E551 #9BE551

triadic

#E5E551 #51E5E5 #E551E5

tetradic

#E5E551 #51E59B #5151E5 #E5519B

square

#E5E551 #51E59B #5151E5 #E5519B

split-complementary

#E5E551 #519BE5 #9B51E5

monochromatic

#A3A318 #D8D820 #E5E551 #EDED86 #F5F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#E5E551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E551

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E551	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.165 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed89',
    500: '#e5e551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e551;
$custom-light: #f1ed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89555,
    "c": 0.16516,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E551

secondary

#3535A6

accent

#0FD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E551

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

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