#E5E253#E5E253

#E5E253 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 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E253
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, -16.01, 67.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 69.49, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.94% -0.05 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(88.94% 0.161 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.0728, 71.6771, 18.7999)
Luminance	0.7167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E253 #5356E5

analogous

#E59953 #E5E253 #9FE553

triadic

#E5E253 #53E5E2 #E253E5

tetradic

#E5E253 #53E599 #5356E5 #E5539F

square

#E5E253 #53E599 #5356E5 #E5539F

split-complementary

#E5E253 #539FE5 #9953E5

monochromatic

#A5A219 #DAD621 #E5E253 #EDEB88 #F5F4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#E5E253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E253

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E253	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.161 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8a',
    500: '#e5e253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e253;
$custom-light: #f0ea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.767,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88942,
    "c": 0.16077,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E253

secondary

#3538A7

accent

#14D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E253

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

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