#E5E251#E5E251

#E5E251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.162 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E251
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.80, -16.13, 68.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.80, 70.27, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.0505 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.162 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.9967, 71.6467, 18.3991)
Luminance	0.7165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E251 #5154E5

analogous

#E59851 #E5E251 #9EE551

triadic

#E5E251 #51E5E2 #E251E5

tetradic

#E5E251 #51E598 #5154E5 #E5519E

square

#E5E251 #51E598 #5154E5 #E5519E

split-complementary

#E5E251 #519EE5 #9851E5

monochromatic

#A3A018 #D8D520 #E5E251 #EDEB86 #F5F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#E5E251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E251

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E251	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.162 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea89',
    500: '#e5e251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e251;
$custom-light: #f1ea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.784,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88926,
    "c": 0.1622,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E251

secondary

#3537A6

accent

#13D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E251

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

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