#E5CC62#E5CC62

#E5CC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.129 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC62
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.23, -3.97, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.23, 55.22, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.55% -0.014 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(84.55% 0.129 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.1128, 60.7281, 20.3189)
Luminance	0.6073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC62 #627BE5

analogous

#E58B62 #E5CC62 #BCE562

triadic

#E5CC62 #62E5CC #CC62E5

tetradic

#E5CC62 #62E58B #627BE5 #E562BC

square

#E5CC62 #62E58B #627BE5 #E562BC

split-complementary

#E5CC62 #62BCE5 #8B62E5

monochromatic

#B0941D #DCBB2D #E5CC62 #EEDD97 #F6EECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E5CC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#E5CC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC62

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC62	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.129 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db92',
    500: '#e5cc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc62;
$custom-light: #f0db92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84551,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC62

secondary

#3B51B1

accent

#37D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC62

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

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