#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
RGB	rgb(229, 231, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.15, -18.28, 67.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.15, 70.25, 105.08°)
OKLab	oklab(90.02% -0.056 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(90.02% 0.164 110)
XYZ	xyz(62.5707, 74.4834, 19.8830)
Luminance	0.7448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E5E756	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E5E756

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

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