#E5CF62#E5CF62
#E5CF62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.131 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5CF62 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 207, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 72%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 57%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 57.2%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.00, -5.50, 55.96) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.00, 56.23, 95.62°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.16% -0.0184 0.13) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.16% 0.131 98) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.8327, 62.1679, 20.5589) |
| Luminance | 0.6217 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.30
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.75
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.76
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.86
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.05
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.46
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5CF62 #6278E5
analogous
#E58E62 #E5CF62 #BAE562
triadic
#E5CF62 #62E5CF #CF62E5
tetradic
#E5CF62 #62E58E #6278E5 #E562BA
square
#E5CF62 #62E58E #6278E5 #E562BA
split-complementary
#E5CF62 #62BAE5 #8E62E5
monochromatic
#B0971D #DCBF2D #E5CF62 #EEDF97 #F6EFCB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#E5CF62 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.43
#E5CF62 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5CF62
13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5CF62 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5CF62 | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.43 | 13.43 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1CA57
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D267
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5C2B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5cf62; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 207, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.131 98.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0dd92',
500: '#e5cf62',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5cf62; $custom-light: #f0dd92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5cf62",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 207,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.924,
"s": 71.585,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85161,
"c": 0.1313,
"h": 98
},
"luminance": 0.62166
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5CF62
secondary
#3B4EB1
accent
#32D412
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F