#E5E250#E5E250

#E5E250 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.163 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5E250
RGBrgb(229, 226, 80)
HSLhsl(59, 74%, 61%)
HSVhsv(59, 65%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.3%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(87.79, -16.18, 68.77)
CIE-LCHlch(87.79, 70.65, 103.24°)
OKLaboklab(88.92% -0.0508 0.1548)
OKLCHoklch(88.92% 0.163 108.2)
XYZxyz(60.9595, 71.6318, 18.2031)
Luminance0.7163 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5E250 #5053E5
analogous
#E59750 #E5E250 #9DE550
triadic
#E5E250 #50E5E2 #E250E5
tetradic
#E5E250 #50E597 #5053E5 #E5509D
square
#E5E250 #50E597 #5053E5 #E5509D
split-complementary
#E5E250 #509DE5 #9750E5
monochromatic
#A2A018 #D8D420 #E5E250 #EDEB85 #F5F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37
#E5E250 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33
#E5E250 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E250
15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5E250#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5E2501.001.3715.3315.33
#FFFFFF1.371.0021.0021.00
#00000015.3321.001.001.00
##00000015.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F4D93C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6DF5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5D4C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5e250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.163 108.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea88',
    500: '#e5e250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5e250;
$custom-light: #f1ea88;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5e250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.792,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88918,
    "c": 0.1629,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5E250
secondary
#3437A5
accent
#13D60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E5E250 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva