#E5E856#E5E856

#E5E856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.165 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E856
RGB	rgb(229, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.41, -18.76, 68.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.41, 70.64, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(90.23% -0.0574 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(90.23% 0.165 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.8513, 75.0447, 19.9765)
Luminance	0.7504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E856 #5956E8

analogous

#E8A256 #E5E856 #9CE856

triadic

#E5E856 #56E5E8 #E856E5

tetradic

#E5E856 #56E8A2 #5956E8 #E8569C

square

#E5E856 #56E8A2 #5956E8 #E8569C

split-complementary

#E5E856 #569CE8 #A256E8

monochromatic

#A9AC17 #DDE120 #E5E856 #EDEF8C #F6F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E5E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#E5E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E856

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E856	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.165 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef8c',
    500: '#e5e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e856;
$custom-light: #f0ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.233,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90227,
    "c": 0.16461,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E856

secondary

#3735AD

accent

#0DD811

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E856

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

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