#E5E850#E5E850

#E5E850 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.169 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E850
RGB	rgb(229, 232, 80)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.37, -19.11, 70.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.37, 72.94, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(90.18% -0.059 0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(90.18% 0.169 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.6197, 74.9521, 18.7564)
Luminance	0.7495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E850 #5350E8

analogous

#E89F50 #E5E850 #99E850

triadic

#E5E850 #50E5E8 #E850E5

tetradic

#E5E850 #50E89F #5350E8 #E85099

square

#E5E850 #50E89F #5350E8 #E85099

split-complementary

#E5E850 #5099E8 #9F50E8

monochromatic

#A5A816 #DADE1D #E5E850 #EDEF86 #F5F6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E5E850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#E5E850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E850

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E850	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADE3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 232, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.169 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef89',
    500: '#e5e850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e850;
$custom-light: #f1ef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.184,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90179,
    "c": 0.16884,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E850

secondary

#3533A9

accent

#0DD911

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E850

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

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