#E5E25A#E5E25A

#E5E25A 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 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E25A
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.87, -15.58, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.87, 66.68, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(89% -0.048 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(89% 0.156 108)
XYZ	xyz(61.3569, 71.7907, 20.2958)
Luminance	0.7179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E25A #5A5DE5

analogous

#E59C5A #E5E25A #A3E55A

triadic

#E5E25A #5AE5E2 #E25AE5

tetradic

#E5E25A #5AE59C #5A5DE5 #E55AA3

square

#E5E25A #5AE59C #5A5DE5 #E55AA3

split-complementary

#E5E25A #5AA3E5 #9C5AE5

monochromatic

#AAA71B #DDD925 #E5E25A #EDEB8F #F6F5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E25A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#E5E25A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E25A

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E25A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E25A	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e25a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.156 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8e',
    500: '#e5e25a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e25a;
$custom-light: #f0ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e25a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89004,
    "c": 0.15553,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.71789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E25A

secondary

#383AAB

accent

#15D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E25A

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

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