#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
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 104)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 54.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.99, -14.59, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.99, 60.71, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0437 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.144 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.0099, 72.0519, 23.7349)
Luminance	0.7205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E5E268	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E5E268

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

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