#E5E152#E5E152

#E5E152 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.161 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E152
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.54, -15.58, 67.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.54, 69.50, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(88.73% -0.0488 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(88.73% 0.161 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.7634, 71.1195, 18.5077)
Luminance	0.7112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E152 #5256E5

analogous

#E59752 #E5E152 #9FE552

triadic

#E5E152 #52E5E1 #E152E5

tetradic

#E5E152 #52E597 #5256E5 #E5529F

square

#E5E152 #52E597 #5256E5 #E5529F

split-complementary

#E5E152 #529FE5 #9752E5

monochromatic

#A4A019 #D9D421 #E5E152 #EDEA87 #F5F3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E5E152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#E5E152 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E152

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E152	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.161 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea89',
    500: '#e5e152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e152;
$custom-light: #f1ea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.367,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88725,
    "c": 0.16052,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E152

secondary

#3538A6

accent

#15D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E152

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

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