#E5E656#E5E656

#E5E656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.163 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5E656
RGBrgb(229, 230, 86)
HSLhsl(60, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(60, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0.4%, 0%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(88.89, -17.79, 67.55)
CIE-LCHlch(88.89, 69.85, 104.75°)
OKLaboklab(89.81% -0.0547 0.1531)
OKLCHoklch(89.81% 0.163 109.6)
XYZxyz(62.2916, 73.9252, 19.7900)
Luminance0.7392 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5E656 #5756E6
analogous
#E69F56 #E5E656 #9DE656
triadic
#E5E656 #56E5E6 #E656E5
tetradic
#E5E656 #56E69F #5756E6 #E6569D
square
#E5E656 #56E69F #5756E6 #E6569D
split-complementary
#E5E656 #569DE6 #9F56E6
monochromatic
#A8A919 #DDDE21 #E5E656 #EDEE8B #F5F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33
#E5E656 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78
#E5E656 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E656
15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5E656#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5E6561.001.3315.7815.78
#FFFFFF1.331.0021.0021.00
#00000015.7821.001.001.00
##00000015.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7DD43
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E15F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4D8C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5e656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.163 109.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8c',
    500: '#e5e656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5e656;
$custom-light: #f0ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5e656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.417,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89807,
    "c": 0.16258,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5E656
secondary
#3736AA
accent
#0FD611
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E5E656 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva