#E5D162#E5D162

#E5D162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D162
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.52, -6.52, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.52, 56.92, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0213 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.3203, 63.1431, 20.7214)
Luminance	0.6314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D162 #6276E5

analogous

#E59062 #E5D162 #B8E562

triadic

#E5D162 #62E5D1 #D162E5

tetradic

#E5D162 #62E590 #6276E5 #E562B8

square

#E5D162 #62E590 #6276E5 #E562B8

split-complementary

#E5D162 #62B8E5 #9062E5

monochromatic

#B0991D #DCC22D #E5D162 #EEE097 #F6F0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E5D162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#E5D162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D162

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D162	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de92',
    500: '#e5d162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d162;
$custom-light: #f0de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85569,
    "c": 0.13299,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D162

secondary

#3B4DB1

accent

#2FD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D162

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

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