#E5E851#E5E851

#E5E851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.168 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E851
RGB	rgb(229, 232, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.38, -19.06, 70.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.38, 72.56, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(90.19% -0.0587 0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(90.19% 0.168 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.6569, 74.9670, 18.9525)
Luminance	0.7497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E851 #5451E8

analogous

#E8A051 #E5E851 #9AE851

triadic

#E5E851 #51E5E8 #E851E5

tetradic

#E5E851 #51E8A0 #5451E8 #E8519A

square

#E5E851 #51E8A0 #5451E8 #E8519A

split-complementary

#E5E851 #519AE8 #A051E8

monochromatic

#A5A816 #DBDE1D #E5E851 #EDEF87 #F5F6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E5E851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#E5E851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E851

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E851	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)

#FADE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 232, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.168 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef89',
    500: '#e5e851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e851;
$custom-light: #f1ef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.192,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90187,
    "c": 0.16816,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E851

secondary

#3633AA

accent

#0DD911

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E851

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

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