#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
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.89, -17.79, 67.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.89, 69.85, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(89.81% -0.0547 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(89.81% 0.163 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.2916, 73.9252, 19.7900)
Luminance	0.7392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E5E656	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E5E656

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

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