#E5E651#E5E651

#E5E651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.166 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E651
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.85, -18.08, 69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.85, 71.79, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.77% -0.056 0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(89.77% 0.166 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.0971, 73.8474, 18.7659)
Luminance	0.7385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E651 #5251E6

analogous

#E69C51 #E5E651 #9AE651

triadic

#E5E651 #51E5E6 #E651E5

tetradic

#E5E651 #51E69C #5251E6 #E6519A

square

#E5E651 #51E69C #5251E6 #E6519A

split-complementary

#E5E651 #519AE6 #9C51E6

monochromatic

#A4A518 #D9DA1F #E5E651 #EDEE87 #F5F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#E5E651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E651

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E651	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)

#F8DD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.166 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed89',
    500: '#e5e651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e651;
$custom-light: #f1ed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.403,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89766,
    "c": 0.16615,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E651

secondary

#3534A7

accent

#0ED710

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E651

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

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