#E5E661#E5E661

#E5E661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.154 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E661
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.98, -17.07, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.98, 65.36, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(89.91% -0.0515 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(89.91% 0.154 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.7694, 74.1163, 22.3063)
Luminance	0.7411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E661 #6261E6

analogous

#E6A561 #E5E661 #A3E661

triadic

#E5E661 #61E5E6 #E661E5

tetradic

#E5E661 #61E6A5 #6261E6 #E661A3

square

#E5E661 #61E6A5 #6261E6 #E661A3

split-complementary

#E5E661 #61A3E6 #A561E6

monochromatic

#B0B11C #DCDE2C #E5E661 #EEEE96 #F6F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#E5E661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E661

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E661	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.154 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed93',
    500: '#e5e661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e661;
$custom-light: #f0ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.451,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89908,
    "c": 0.15402,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E661

secondary

#3B3AB1

accent

#11D512

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E661

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

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