#E5E86A#E5E86A

#E5E86A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.148 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E86A
RGB	rgb(229, 232, 106)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 54.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.59, -17.39, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.59, 62.33, 106.20°)
OKLab	oklab(90.42% -0.0515 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(90.42% 0.148 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.7728, 75.4133, 24.8297)
Luminance	0.7541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E86A #6D6AE8

analogous

#E8AC6A #E5E86A #A6E86A

triadic

#E5E86A #6AE5E8 #E86AE5

tetradic

#E5E86A #6AE8AC #6D6AE8 #E86AA6

square

#E5E86A #6AE8AC #6D6AE8 #E86AA6

split-complementary

#E5E86A #6AA6E8 #AC6AE8

monochromatic

#B7BB1D #DCE035 #E5E86A #EEF09F #F8F8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E5E86A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#E5E86A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E86A

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E86A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E86A	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e86a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 232, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.148 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef98',
    500: '#e5e86a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e86a;
$custom-light: #f0ef98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e86a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.429,
    "s": 73.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9042,
    "c": 0.14848,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E86A

secondary

#3F3CBA

accent

#10D515

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E86A

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

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