#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
RGB	rgb(229, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -18.05, 63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 66.18, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90.33% -0.0543 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(90.33% 0.156 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.3291, 75.2359, 22.4929)
Luminance	0.7523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E5E861	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E5E861

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

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