#E5E268#E5E268

#E5E268 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.144 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5E268
RGBrgb(229, 226, 104)
HSLhsl(59, 71%, 65%)
HSVhsv(59, 55%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.3%, 54.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(87.99, -14.59, 58.93)
CIE-LCHlch(87.99, 60.71, 103.91°)
OKLaboklab(89.14% -0.0437 0.1371)
OKLCHoklch(89.14% 0.144 107.7)
XYZxyz(62.0099, 72.0519, 23.7349)
Luminance0.7205 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5E268 #686BE5
analogous
#E5A368 #E5E268 #A9E568
triadic
#E5E268 #68E5E2 #E268E5
tetradic
#E5E268 #68E5A3 #686BE5 #E568A9
square
#E5E268 #68E5A3 #686BE5 #E568A9
split-complementary
#E5E268 #68A9E5 #A368E5
monochromatic
#B4B01F #DCD834 #E5E268 #EEEC9C #F7F6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36
#E5E268 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41
#E5E268 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E268
15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5E268#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5E2681.001.3615.4115.41
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.4121.001.001.00
##00000015.4121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F2DA5C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F5DF6F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4D5C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5e268;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.144 107.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea97',
    500: '#e5e268',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5e268;
$custom-light: #f0ea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5e268",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89144,
    "c": 0.14389,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5E268
secondary
#3D40B4
accent
#17D313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17160E
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E5E268 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva