#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
RGBrgb(229, 232, 80)
HSLhsl(61, 77%, 61%)
HSVhsv(61, 66%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(1.3%, 0%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(89.37, -19.11, 70.39)
CIE-LCHlch(89.37, 72.94, 105.19°)
OKLaboklab(90.18% -0.059 0.1582)
OKLCHoklch(90.18% 0.169 110.5)
XYZxyz(62.6197, 74.9521, 18.7564)
Luminance0.7495 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E5E8501.001.3115.9915.99
#FFFFFF1.311.0021.0021.00
#00000015.9921.001.001.00
##00000015.9921.001.001.00

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

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#E5E850 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva