#E5E260#E5E260

#E5E260 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.151 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E260
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 96)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.92, -15.18, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.92, 64.18, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% -0.0462 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.151 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.6226, 71.8970, 21.6955)
Luminance	0.7189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E260 #6063E5

analogous

#E59F60 #E5E260 #A5E560

triadic

#E5E260 #60E5E2 #E260E5

tetradic

#E5E260 #60E59F #6063E5 #E560A5

square

#E5E260 #60E59F #6063E5 #E560A5

split-complementary

#E5E260 #60A5E5 #9F60E5

monochromatic

#AEAB1C #DCD82B #E5E260 #EEEC95 #F6F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#E5E260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E260

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E260	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.151 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea92',
    500: '#e5e260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e260;
$custom-light: #f0ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89061,
    "c": 0.15072,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E260

secondary

#3A3DAF

accent

#16D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E260

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

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