#E5E254#E5E254

#E5E254 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.160 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E254
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 84)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 63.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.82, -15.95, 67.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.82, 69.10, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(88.95% -0.0497 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(88.95% 0.16 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.1117, 71.6927, 19.0047)
Luminance	0.7169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E254 #5457E5

analogous

#E59A54 #E5E254 #A0E554

triadic

#E5E254 #54E5E2 #E254E5

tetradic

#E5E254 #54E59A #5457E5 #E554A0

square

#E5E254 #54E59A #5457E5 #E554A0

split-complementary

#E5E254 #54A0E5 #9A54E5

monochromatic

#A5A319 #DBD721 #E5E254 #EDEB89 #F5F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#E5E254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E254

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E254	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)

#F4D941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.160 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8b',
    500: '#e5e254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e254;
$custom-light: #f0ea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.759,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88951,
    "c": 0.16005,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E254

secondary

#3638A8

accent

#14D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E254

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

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