#E5E581#E5E581

#E5E581 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.123 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E581
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 129)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 43.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.06, -13.91, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.06, 50.51, 105.98°)
OKLab	oklab(90.08% -0.0393 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(90.08% 0.123 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.2960, 74.2830, 31.7157)
Luminance	0.7428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E581 #8181E5

analogous

#E5B381 #E5E581 #B3E581

triadic

#E5E581 #81E5E5 #E581E5

tetradic

#E5E581 #81E5B3 #8181E5 #E581B3

square

#E5E581 #81E5B3 #8181E5 #E581B3

split-complementary

#E5E581 #81B3E5 #B381E5

monochromatic

#C3C328 #DBDB4E #E5E581 #EFEFB4 #FAFAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E5E581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#E5E581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E581

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E581	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.123 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeda7',
    500: '#e5e581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e581;
$custom-light: #efeda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9008,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E581

secondary

#4D4DBD

accent

#18CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E581

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

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