#E5EA51#E5EA51

#E5EA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.170 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EA51
RGB	rgb(229, 234, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.91, -20.02, 70.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.91, 73.34, 105.84°)
OKLab	oklab(90.61% -0.0615 0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(90.61% 0.17 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.2231, 76.0993, 19.1412)
Luminance	0.7610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EA51 #5651EA

analogous

#EAA351 #E5EA51 #99EA51

triadic

#E5EA51 #51E5EA #EA51E5

tetradic

#E5EA51 #51EAA3 #5651EA #EA5199

square

#E5EA51 #51EAA3 #5651EA #EA5199

split-complementary

#E5EA51 #5199EA #A351EA

monochromatic

#A7AC15 #DCE21B #E5EA51 #EDF188 #F5F7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E5EA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#E5EA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EA51

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EA51	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ea51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 234, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.170 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f08a',
    500: '#e5ea51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ea51;
$custom-light: #f1f08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ea51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.961,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90608,
    "c": 0.17019,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EA51

secondary

#3632AD

accent

#0BDB12

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EA51

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

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