#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
RGBrgb(229, 226, 91)
HSLhsl(59, 73%, 63%)
HSVhsv(59, 60%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.3%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(87.88, -15.51, 64.43)
CIE-LCHlch(87.88, 66.27, 103.54°)
OKLaboklab(89.01% -0.0477 0.1472)
OKLCHoklch(89.01% 0.155 108)
XYZxyz(61.3997, 71.8079, 20.5215)
Luminance0.7181 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##E5E25B1.001.3715.3615.36
#FFFFFF1.371.0021.0021.00
#00000015.3621.001.001.00
##00000015.3621.001.001.00

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

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#E5E25B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva