#E5E650#E5E650

#E5E650 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.167 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E650
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 65.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.84, -18.14, 69.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.84, 72.17, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(89.76% -0.0563 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(89.76% 0.167 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.0599, 73.8326, 18.5698)
Luminance	0.7383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E650 #5150E6

analogous

#E69C50 #E5E650 #9AE650

triadic

#E5E650 #50E5E6 #E650E5

tetradic

#E5E650 #50E69C #5150E6 #E6509A

square

#E5E650 #50E69C #5150E6 #E6509A

split-complementary

#E5E650 #509AE6 #9C50E6

monochromatic

#A3A417 #D8DA1F #E5E650 #EDEE86 #F5F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#E5E650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E650

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E650	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.167 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed89',
    500: '#e5e650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e650;
$custom-light: #f1ed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.4,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89758,
    "c": 0.16684,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E650

secondary

#3534A6

accent

#0ED710

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E650

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

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