#E5E052#E5E052

#E5E052 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.160 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E052
RGB	rgb(229, 224, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.28, -15.08, 67.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.28, 69.13, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(88.52% -0.0474 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(88.52% 0.16 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.4939, 70.5805, 18.4178)
Luminance	0.7058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E052 #5257E5

analogous

#E59652 #E5E052 #A0E552

triadic

#E5E052 #52E5E0 #E052E5

tetradic

#E5E052 #52E596 #5257E5 #E552A0

square

#E5E052 #52E596 #5257E5 #E552A0

split-complementary

#E5E052 #52A0E5 #9652E5

monochromatic

#A49F19 #D9D321 #E5E052 #EDEA87 #F5F3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E5E052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#E5E052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E052

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E052	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 224, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.160 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e989',
    500: '#e5e052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e052;
$custom-light: #f0e989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.959,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88516,
    "c": 0.15955,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E052

secondary

#3539A6

accent

#16D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E052

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

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