#E5E265#E5E265

#E5E265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.146 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E265
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.96, -14.82, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.96, 62.03, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(89.11% -0.0447 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(89.11% 0.147 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.8602, 71.9921, 22.9467)
Luminance	0.7199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E265 #6568E5

analogous

#E5A265 #E5E265 #A8E565

triadic

#E5E265 #65E5E2 #E265E5

tetradic

#E5E265 #65E5A2 #6568E5 #E565A8

square

#E5E265 #65E5A2 #6568E5 #E565A8

split-complementary

#E5E265 #65A8E5 #A265E5

monochromatic

#B2AE1E #DCD831 #E5E265 #EEEC99 #F7F6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#E5E265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E265

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E265	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.146 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea95',
    500: '#e5e265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e265;
$custom-light: #f0ea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89112,
    "c": 0.1465,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E265

secondary

#3C3FB2

accent

#17D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E265

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

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