#E5E952#E5E952

#E5E952 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.168 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E952
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 82)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.65, -19.48, 69.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.65, 72.58, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(90.41% -0.0598 0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(90.41% 0.168 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.9769, 75.5466, 19.2455)
Luminance	0.7554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E952 #5652E9

analogous

#E9A152 #E5E952 #9AE952

triadic

#E5E952 #52E5E9 #E952E5

tetradic

#E5E952 #52E9A1 #5652E9 #E9529A

square

#E5E952 #52E9A1 #5652E9 #E9529A

split-complementary

#E5E952 #529AE9 #A152E9

monochromatic

#A7AB16 #DCE11D #E5E952 #EDF088 #F5F7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#E5E952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E952

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E952	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.168 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef8a',
    500: '#e5e952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e952;
$custom-light: #f1ef8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.589,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90405,
    "c": 0.16848,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E952

secondary

#3633AC

accent

#0CDA11

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E952

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

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