#E5EB51#E5EB51

#E5EB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.171 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EB51
RGB	rgb(229, 235, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 65.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.17, -20.51, 70.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.17, 73.74, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% -0.0628 0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.171 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.5086, 76.6703, 19.2364)
Luminance	0.7667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EB51 #5751EB

analogous

#EBA451 #E5EB51 #98EB51

triadic

#E5EB51 #51E5EB #EB51E5

tetradic

#E5EB51 #51EBA4 #5751EB #EB5198

square

#E5EB51 #51EBA4 #5751EB #EB5198

split-complementary

#E5EB51 #5198EB #A451EB

monochromatic

#A8AE14 #DDE51A #E5EB51 #EDF188 #F5F8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E5EB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#E5EB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EB51

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EB51	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5eb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 235, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.171 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f18a',
    500: '#e5eb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5eb51;
$custom-light: #f1f18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5eb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.338,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9082,
    "c": 0.17122,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EB51

secondary

#3732AE

accent

#0ADC12

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EB51

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

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