#E5E452#E5E452

#E5E452 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.163 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E452
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -17.05, 68.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 70.64, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(89.35% -0.053 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(89.35% 0.163 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.5815, 72.7558, 18.7804)
Luminance	0.7275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E452 #5253E5

analogous

#E59A52 #E5E452 #9CE552

triadic

#E5E452 #52E5E4 #E452E5

tetradic

#E5E452 #52E59A #5253E5 #E5529C

square

#E5E452 #52E59A #5253E5 #E5529C

split-complementary

#E5E452 #529CE5 #9A52E5

monochromatic

#A4A319 #D9D821 #E5E452 #EDEC87 #F5F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#E5E452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E452

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E452	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.163 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec8a',
    500: '#e5e452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e452;
$custom-light: #f1ec8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.592,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89353,
    "c": 0.16346,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E452

secondary

#3536A6

accent

#11D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E452

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

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