#E5E751#E5E751

#E5E751 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.167 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E751
RGB	rgb(229, 231, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.11, -18.57, 69.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.11, 72.18, 104.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.0574 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.167 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.3762, 74.4056, 18.8589)
Luminance	0.7440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E751 #5351E7

analogous

#E79E51 #E5E751 #9AE751

triadic

#E5E751 #51E5E7 #E751E5

tetradic

#E5E751 #51E79E #5351E7 #E7519A

square

#E5E751 #51E79E #5351E7 #E7519A

split-complementary

#E5E751 #519AE7 #9E51E7

monochromatic

#A5A717 #DADC1E #E5E751 #EDEE87 #F5F6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E5E751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#E5E751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E751

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E751	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 231, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.167 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ee89',
    500: '#e5e751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e751;
$custom-light: #f1ee89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.8,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89976,
    "c": 0.16716,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E751

secondary

#3534A8

accent

#0ED810

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E751

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

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