#E5E680#E5E680

#E5E680 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.125 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E680
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 128)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(61, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 44.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.30, -14.50, 49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.30, 51.43, 106.38°)
OKLab	oklab(90.27% -0.0411 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(90.27% 0.125 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.5074, 74.8115, 31.4598)
Luminance	0.7481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E680 #8180E6

analogous

#E6B480 #E5E680 #B2E680

triadic

#E5E680 #80E5E6 #E680E5

tetradic

#E5E680 #80E6B4 #8180E6 #E680B2

square

#E5E680 #80E6B4 #8180E6 #E680B2

split-complementary

#E5E680 #80B2E6 #B480E6

monochromatic

#C3C527 #DBDC4D #E5E680 #EFF0B3 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E5E680 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#E5E680 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E680

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E680	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E680	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DE77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e680;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.125 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeda7',
    500: '#e5e680',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e680;
$custom-light: #efeda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e680",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.588,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90274,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E680

secondary

#4D4CBE

accent

#16CF18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E680

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

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