#E5C862#E5C862

#E5C862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.126 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C862
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -1.91, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 53.94, 92.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.008 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.126 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.1743, 58.8511, 20.0061)
Luminance	0.5885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C862 #627FE5

analogous

#E58762 #E5C862 #C0E562

triadic

#E5C862 #62E5C8 #C862E5

tetradic

#E5C862 #62E587 #627FE5 #E562C0

square

#E5C862 #62E587 #627FE5 #E562C0

split-complementary

#E5C862 #62C0E5 #8762E5

monochromatic

#B08F1D #DCB62D #E5C862 #EEDA97 #F6EDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E5C862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#E5C862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C862

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C862	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.126 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d892',
    500: '#e5c862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c862;
$custom-light: #f0d892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83743,
    "c": 0.12585,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C862

secondary

#3B55B1

accent

#3DD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C862

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

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