#E5E756#E5E756

#E5E756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.164 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5E756
RGBrgb(229, 231, 86)
HSLhsl(61, 75%, 62%)
HSVhsv(61, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0.9%, 0%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(89.15, -18.28, 67.83)
CIE-LCHlch(89.15, 70.25, 105.08°)
OKLaboklab(90.02% -0.056 0.1537)
OKLCHoklch(90.02% 0.164 110)
XYZxyz(62.5707, 74.4834, 19.8830)
Luminance0.7448 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5E756 #5856E7
analogous
#E7A156 #E5E756 #9CE756
triadic
#E5E756 #56E5E7 #E756E5
tetradic
#E5E756 #56E7A1 #5856E7 #E7569C
square
#E5E756 #56E7A1 #5856E7 #E7569C
split-complementary
#E5E756 #569CE7 #A156E7
monochromatic
#A8AA18 #DDDF20 #E5E756 #EDEF8C #F5F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32
#E5E756 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90
#E5E756 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E756
15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5E756#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5E7561.001.3215.9015.90
#FFFFFF1.321.0021.0021.00
#00000015.9021.001.001.00
##00000015.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F8DE43
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FAE25F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4D9C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5e756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 231, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.164 110.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ee8c',
    500: '#e5e756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5e756;
$custom-light: #f0ee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5e756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.828,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90017,
    "c": 0.16359,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.74482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5E756
secondary
#3735AC
accent
#0ED711
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E5E756 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva