#E5EF61#E5EF61

#E5EF61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.164 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EF61
RGB	rgb(229, 239, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.35, -21.43, 65.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.35, 69.10, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(91.8% -0.0638 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(91.8% 0.164 113)
XYZ	xyz(65.3389, 79.2554, 23.1628)
Luminance	0.7925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EF61 #6B61EF

analogous

#EFB261 #E5EF61 #9EEF61

triadic

#E5EF61 #61E5EF #EF61E5

tetradic

#E5EF61 #61EFB2 #6B61EF #EF619E

square

#E5EF61 #61EFB2 #6B61EF #EF619E

split-complementary

#E5EF61 #619EEF #B261EF

monochromatic

#B6C214 #DCE929 #E5EF61 #EEF599 #F7FAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E5EF61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#E5EF61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EF61

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EF61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EF61	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ef61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 239, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.164 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f493',
    500: '#e5ef61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ef61;
$custom-light: #f0f493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ef61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.225,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91803,
    "c": 0.16363,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.79254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EF61

secondary

#3E34C0

accent

#08DE17

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EF61

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

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