#E5F259#E5F259

#E5F259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.173 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5F259
RGB	rgb(229, 242, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 63.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.08, -23.39, 69.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.08, 73.54, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(92.37% -0.0701 0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(92.37% 0.173 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.8701, 80.8848, 21.5916)
Luminance	0.8088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5F259 #6659F2

analogous

#F2B359 #E5F259 #99F259

triadic

#E5F259 #59E5F2 #F259E5

tetradic

#E5F259 #59F2B3 #6659F2 #F25999

square

#E5F259 #59F2B3 #6659F2 #F25999

split-complementary

#E5F259 #5999F2 #B359F2

monochromatic

#B2C10F #DCEE20 #E5F259 #EEF692 #F7FBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#E5F259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.18

#E5F259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5F259

17.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5F259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5F259	1.00	1.22	17.18	17.18
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5f259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 242, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.173 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f68f',
    500: '#e5f259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5f259;
$custom-light: #f0f68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5f259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.098,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92367,
    "c": 0.17296,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5F259

secondary

#3C30BF

accent

#04E216

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5F259

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

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