#E5EB61#E5EB61

#E5EB61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.159 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EB61
RGB	rgb(229, 235, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 58.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.29, -19.50, 64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.29, 67.42, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90.96% -0.0584 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(90.96% 0.159 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.1808, 76.9392, 22.7768)
Luminance	0.7694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EB61 #6761EB

analogous

#EBAC61 #E5EB61 #A0EB61

triadic

#E5EB61 #61E5EB #EB61E5

tetradic

#E5EB61 #61EBAC #6761EB #EB61A0

square

#E5EB61 #61EBAC #6761EB #EB61A0

split-complementary

#E5EB61 #61A0EB #AC61EB

monochromatic

#B3BA18 #DCE42B #E5EB61 #EEF297 #F7F9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E5EB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#E5EB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EB61

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EB61	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5eb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 235, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.159 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f193',
    500: '#e5eb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5eb61;
$custom-light: #f0f193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5eb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90959,
    "c": 0.15931,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EB61

secondary

#3D37B9

accent

#0CDA15

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EB61

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

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