#E5EB56#E5EB56

#E5EB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.168 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EB56
RGB	rgb(229, 235, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 63.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.21, -20.22, 68.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.21, 71.84, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.86% -0.0615 0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(90.86% 0.168 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.7030, 76.7481, 20.2604)
Luminance	0.7675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EB56 #5C56EB

analogous

#EBA656 #E5EB56 #9AEB56

triadic

#E5EB56 #56E5EB #EB56E5

tetradic

#E5EB56 #56EBA6 #5C56EB #EB569A

square

#E5EB56 #56EBA6 #5C56EB #EB569A

split-complementary

#E5EB56 #569AEB #A656EB

monochromatic

#ABB215 #DDE51F #E5EB56 #EDF18D #F6F8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E5EB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#E5EB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EB56

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EB56	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5eb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 235, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.168 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f18d',
    500: '#e5eb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5eb56;
$custom-light: #f0f18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5eb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.416,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9086,
    "c": 0.16771,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EB56

secondary

#3833B2

accent

#0ADB13

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EB56

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

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