#E5D062#E5D062
#E5D062 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5D062 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 208, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 72%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 57%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 57.2%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.26, -6.01, 56.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.26, 56.57, 96.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.37% -0.0198 0.1306) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.37% 0.132 98.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.0757, 62.6540, 20.6399) |
| Luminance | 0.6265 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.27
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.46
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.88
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.10
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.24
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5D062 #6277E5
analogous
#E58F62 #E5D062 #B9E562
triadic
#E5D062 #62E5D0 #D062E5
tetradic
#E5D062 #62E58F #6277E5 #E562B9
square
#E5D062 #62E58F #6277E5 #E562B9
split-complementary
#E5D062 #62B9E5 #8F62E5
monochromatic
#B0981D #DCC02D #E5D062 #EEE097 #F6EFCB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.55
#E5D062 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.53
#E5D062 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5D062
13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5D062 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5D062 | 1.00 | 1.55 | 13.53 | 13.53 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.55 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E2CB57
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D367
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5C3B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5d062; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 208, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.132 98.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0de92',
500: '#e5d062',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5d062; $custom-light: #f0de92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5d062",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 208,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.382,
"s": 71.585,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85365,
"c": 0.13214,
"h": 98.6
},
"luminance": 0.62652
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5D062
secondary
#3B4EB1
accent
#31D412
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F