#E5E248#E5E248

#E5E248 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.168 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E248
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.74, -16.61, 71.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.74, 73.62, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(88.86% -0.0527 0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(88.86% 0.168 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.6814, 71.5205, 16.7380)
Luminance	0.7152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E248 #484BE5

analogous

#E59448 #E5E248 #99E548

triadic

#E5E248 #48E5E2 #E248E5

tetradic

#E5E248 #48E594 #484BE5 #E54899

square

#E5E248 #48E594 #484BE5 #E54899

split-complementary

#E5E248 #4899E5 #9448E5

monochromatic

#9C9A16 #D2CF1E #E5E248 #EDEA7E #F4F3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#E5E248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E248

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E248	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.168 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea84',
    500: '#e5e248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e248;
$custom-light: #f1ea84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.854,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88858,
    "c": 0.1682,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E248

secondary

#3234A0

accent

#3AF236

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E248

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

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