#E5E256#E5E256

#E5E256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.159 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E256
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, -15.83, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 68.30, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(88.97% -0.0491 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(88.97% 0.159 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.1912, 71.7245, 19.4232)
Luminance	0.7172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E256 #5659E5

analogous

#E59B56 #E5E256 #A1E556

triadic

#E5E256 #56E5E2 #E256E5

tetradic

#E5E256 #56E59B #5659E5 #E556A1

square

#E5E256 #56E59B #5659E5 #E556A1

split-complementary

#E5E256 #56A1E5 #9B56E5

monochromatic

#A7A41A #DCD822 #E5E256 #EDEB8B #F5F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#E5E256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E256

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E256	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)

#F4D944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.159 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8c',
    500: '#e5e256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e256;
$custom-light: #f0ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.741,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88968,
    "c": 0.15858,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E256

secondary

#3639A9

accent

#14D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E256

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

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