#E5EF56#E5EF56

#E5EF56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.172 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EF56
RGB	rgb(229, 239, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.26, -22.14, 70.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.26, 73.45, 107.54°)
OKLab	oklab(91.71% -0.0669 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(91.71% 0.172 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.8611, 79.0643, 20.6465)
Luminance	0.7906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EF56 #6056EF

analogous

#EFAD56 #E5EF56 #98EF56

triadic

#E5EF56 #56E5EF #EF56E5

tetradic

#E5EF56 #56EFAD #6056EF #EF5698

square

#E5EF56 #56EFAD #6056EF #EF5698

split-complementary

#E5EF56 #5698EF #AD56EF

monochromatic

#AEB912 #DCEA1E #E5EF56 #EEF48E #F6FAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E5EF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.81

#E5EF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EF56

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EF56	1.00	1.25	16.81	16.81
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ef56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 239, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.172 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f48d',
    500: '#e5ef56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ef56;
$custom-light: #f0f48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ef56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.922,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91706,
    "c": 0.17191,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EF56

secondary

#3A31B8

accent

#06DF15

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EF56

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

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