#E5E259#E5E259

#E5E259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.156 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E259
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.86, -15.64, 65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.86, 67.09, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89% -0.0483 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(89% 0.156 108)
XYZ	xyz(61.3146, 71.7738, 20.0731)
Luminance	0.7177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E259 #595CE5

analogous

#E59C59 #E5E259 #A2E559

triadic

#E5E259 #59E5E2 #E259E5

tetradic

#E5E259 #59E59C #595CE5 #E559A2

square

#E5E259 #59E59C #595CE5 #E559A2

split-complementary

#E5E259 #59A2E5 #9C59E5

monochromatic

#A9A61A #DDD924 #E5E259 #EDEB8E #F6F4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#E5E259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E259

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E259	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)

#F3DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.156 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8e',
    500: '#e5e259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e259;
$custom-light: #f0ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88995,
    "c": 0.1563,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.71772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E259

secondary

#373AAB

accent

#15D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E259

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

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