#E5E561#E5E561

#E5E561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.153 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E561
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.71, -16.58, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.71, 64.96, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(89.7% -0.0501 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(89.7% 0.153 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.4919, 73.5614, 22.2138)
Luminance	0.7356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E561 #6161E5

analogous

#E5A361 #E5E561 #A3E561

triadic

#E5E561 #61E5E5 #E561E5

tetradic

#E5E561 #61E5A3 #6161E5 #E561A3

square

#E5E561 #61E5A3 #6161E5 #E561A3

split-complementary

#E5E561 #61A3E5 #A361E5

monochromatic

#AFAF1D #DCDC2C #E5E561 #EEEE96 #F6F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5E561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#E5E561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E561

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E561	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.153 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed93',
    500: '#e5e561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e561;
$custom-light: #f0ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89698,
    "c": 0.15297,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E561

secondary

#3A3AB0

accent

#12D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E561

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

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