#E5E861#E5E861

#E5E861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.156 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5E861
RGBrgb(229, 232, 97)
HSLhsl(61, 75%, 65%)
HSVhsv(61, 58%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(1.3%, 0%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(89.50, -18.05, 63.67)
CIE-LCHlch(89.50, 66.18, 105.82°)
OKLaboklab(90.33% -0.0543 0.1464)
OKLCHoklch(90.33% 0.156 110.3)
XYZxyz(63.3291, 75.2359, 22.4929)
Luminance0.7523 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5E861 #6461E8
analogous
#E8A761 #E5E861 #A2E861
triadic
#E5E861 #61E5E8 #E861E5
tetradic
#E5E861 #61E8A7 #6461E8 #E861A2
square
#E5E861 #61E8A7 #6461E8 #E861A2
split-complementary
#E5E861 #61A2E8 #A761E8
monochromatic
#B1B41A #DCE02C #E5E861 #EEF096 #F7F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31
#E5E861 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05
#E5E861 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E861
16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5E861#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5E8611.001.3116.0516.05
#FFFFFF1.311.0021.0021.00
#00000016.0521.001.001.00
##00000016.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F9DF52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FAE369
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3DBCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5e861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.156 110.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef93',
    500: '#e5e861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5e861;
$custom-light: #f0ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5e861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.333,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90327,
    "c": 0.15612,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5E861
secondary
#3B39B5
accent
#0FD713
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF4
border
#D6D6CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85857F

Preview Lab

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#E5E861 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva