#E5E778#E5E778

#E5E778 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.134 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E778
RGB	rgb(229, 231, 120)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(61, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 48.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.47, -15.73, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.47, 55.61, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(90.38% -0.0454 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(90.38% 0.134 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.2805, 75.1673, 28.8882)
Luminance	0.7517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E778 #7A78E7

analogous

#E7B278 #E5E778 #AEE778

triadic

#E5E778 #78E5E7 #E778E5

tetradic

#E5E778 #78E7B2 #7A78E7 #E778AE

square

#E5E778 #78E7B2 #7A78E7 #E778AE

split-complementary

#E5E778 #78AEE7 #B278E7

monochromatic

#BFC223 #DBDE44 #E5E778 #EFF0AC #F9F9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E5E778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#E5E778 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E778

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E778	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 231, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.134 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeea1',
    500: '#e5e778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e778;
$custom-light: #efeea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.081,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90376,
    "c": 0.13436,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E778

secondary

#4744BF

accent

#14D217

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E778

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

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