#E5E951#E5E951

#E5E951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.169 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E951
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.64, -19.54, 70.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.64, 72.95, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(90.4% -0.0601 0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(90.4% 0.169 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.9392, 75.5315, 19.0466)
Luminance	0.7553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E951 #5551E9

analogous

#E9A151 #E5E951 #99E951

triadic

#E5E951 #51E5E9 #E951E5

tetradic

#E5E951 #51E9A1 #5551E9 #E95199

square

#E5E951 #51E9A1 #5551E9 #E95199

split-complementary

#E5E951 #5199E9 #A151E9

monochromatic

#A6AA16 #DBE01C #E5E951 #EDF087 #F5F7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#E5E951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E951

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E951	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.169 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef8a',
    500: '#e5e951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e951;
$custom-light: #f1ef8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.579,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90397,
    "c": 0.16918,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E951

secondary

#3633AB

accent

#0CDA11

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E951

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

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