#E5E252#E5E252

#E5E252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.161 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E252
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, -16.07, 68.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 69.88, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.0502 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.161 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.0345, 71.6618, 18.5980)
Luminance	0.7166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E252 #5255E5

analogous

#E59952 #E5E252 #9EE552

triadic

#E5E252 #52E5E2 #E252E5

tetradic

#E5E252 #52E599 #5255E5 #E5529E

square

#E5E252 #52E599 #5255E5 #E5529E

split-complementary

#E5E252 #529EE5 #9952E5

monochromatic

#A4A119 #D9D521 #E5E252 #EDEB87 #F5F4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#E5E252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E252

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E252	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)

#F4D93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.161 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea8a',
    500: '#e5e252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e252;
$custom-light: #f1ea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88934,
    "c": 0.16149,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E252

secondary

#3537A6

accent

#14D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E252

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

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