#E5EE61#E5EE61

#E5EE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.163 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EE61
RGB	rgb(229, 238, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.09, -20.95, 65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.09, 68.68, 107.76°)
OKLab	oklab(91.59% -0.0625 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(91.59% 0.163 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.0469, 78.6715, 23.0655)
Luminance	0.7867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EE61 #6A61EE

analogous

#EEB061 #E5EE61 #9EEE61

triadic

#E5EE61 #61E5EE #EE61E5

tetradic

#E5EE61 #61EEB0 #6A61EE #EE619E

square

#E5EE61 #61EEB0 #6A61EE #EE619E

split-complementary

#E5EE61 #619EEE #B061EE

monochromatic

#B5C015 #DCE82A #E5EE61 #EEF498 #F7FAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E5EE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#E5EE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EE61

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EE61	1.00	1.25	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ee61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 238, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.163 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f393',
    500: '#e5ee61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ee61;
$custom-light: #f0f393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ee61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.83,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91591,
    "c": 0.16254,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EE61

secondary

#3E35BE

accent

#09DD16

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EE61

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

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