#E5CA62#E5CA62

#E5CA62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.127 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA62
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -2.94, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 54.57, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% -0.011 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.127 95)
XYZ	xyz(55.6405, 59.7835, 20.1615)
Luminance	0.5978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA62 #627DE5

analogous

#E58962 #E5CA62 #BEE562

triadic

#E5CA62 #62E5CA #CA62E5

tetradic

#E5CA62 #62E589 #627DE5 #E562BE

square

#E5CA62 #62E589 #627DE5 #E562BE

split-complementary

#E5CA62 #62BEE5 #8962E5

monochromatic

#B0911D #DCB82D #E5CA62 #EEDC97 #F6EDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E5CA62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#E5CA62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA62

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA62	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.127 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d992',
    500: '#e5ca62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca62;
$custom-light: #f0d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84146,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.59781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA62

secondary

#3B53B1

accent

#3AD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA62

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

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