#E5C962#E5C962

#E5C962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.127 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C962
RGB	rgb(229, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -2.43, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 54.25, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% -0.0095 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.127 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.4066, 59.3158, 20.0835)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C962 #627EE5

analogous

#E58862 #E5C962 #BFE562

triadic

#E5C962 #62E5C9 #C962E5

tetradic

#E5C962 #62E588 #627EE5 #E562BF

square

#E5C962 #62E588 #627EE5 #E562BF

split-complementary

#E5C962 #62BFE5 #8862E5

monochromatic

#B0901D #DCB72D #E5C962 #EEDB97 #F6EDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E5C962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#E5C962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C962

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C962	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.127 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d992',
    500: '#e5c962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c962;
$custom-light: #f0d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83944,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C962

secondary

#3B54B1

accent

#3BD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C962

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

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