#E5E25B#E5E25B

#E5E25B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.155 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E25B
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -15.51, 64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 66.27, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.01% -0.0477 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(89.01% 0.155 108)
XYZ	xyz(61.3997, 71.8079, 20.5215)
Luminance	0.7181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E25B #5B5EE5

analogous

#E59D5B #E5E25B #A3E55B

triadic

#E5E25B #5BE5E2 #E25BE5

tetradic

#E5E25B #5BE59D #5B5EE5 #E55BA3

square

#E5E25B #5BE59D #5B5EE5 #E55BA3

split-complementary

#E5E25B #5BA3E5 #9D5BE5

monochromatic

#ABA71B #DDD926 #E5E25B #EDEB90 #F6F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E25B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#E5E25B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E25B

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E25B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E25B	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)

#F3DA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e25b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.155 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8f',
    500: '#e5e25b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e25b;
$custom-light: #f0ea8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e25b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89013,
    "c": 0.15474,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.71806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E25B

secondary

#383BAC

accent

#15D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E25B

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

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