#E5E761#E5E761

#E5E761 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.155 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E761
RGB	rgb(229, 231, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.24, -17.56, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.24, 65.77, 105.48°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.0529 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.155 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.0484, 74.6745, 22.3993)
Luminance	0.7467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E761 #6361E7

analogous

#E7A661 #E5E761 #A2E761

triadic

#E5E761 #61E5E7 #E761E5

tetradic

#E5E761 #61E7A6 #6361E7 #E761A2

square

#E5E761 #61E7A6 #6361E7 #E761A2

split-complementary

#E5E761 #61A2E7 #A661E7

monochromatic

#B0B21B #DCDF2C #E5E761 #EEEF96 #F6F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E5E761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#E5E761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E761

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E761	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 231, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.155 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ee93',
    500: '#e5e761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e761;
$custom-light: #f0ee93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90117,
    "c": 0.15506,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E761

secondary

#3B39B3

accent

#10D613

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E761

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

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