#E5E258#E5E258

#E5E258 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.157 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E258
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 88)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 61.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.85, -15.71, 65.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.85, 67.50, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(88.99% -0.0486 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(88.99% 0.157 108)
XYZ	xyz(61.2729, 71.7571, 19.8535)
Luminance	0.7176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E258 #585BE5

analogous

#E59B58 #E5E258 #A2E558

triadic

#E5E258 #58E5E2 #E258E5

tetradic

#E5E258 #58E59B #585BE5 #E558A2

square

#E5E258 #58E59B #585BE5 #E558A2

split-complementary

#E5E258 #58A2E5 #9B58E5

monochromatic

#A8A51A #DDD923 #E5E258 #EDEB8D #F5F4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#E5E258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E258

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E258	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.157 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8d',
    500: '#e5e258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e258;
$custom-light: #f0ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 73.057,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88986,
    "c": 0.15706,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.71755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E258

secondary

#3739AA

accent

#15D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E258

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

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