#E5D262#E5D262

#E5D262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D262
RGB	rgb(229, 210, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.78, -7.03, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.78, 57.27, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.0228 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.5664, 63.6354, 20.8035)
Luminance	0.6363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D262 #6275E5

analogous

#E59162 #E5D262 #B7E562

triadic

#E5D262 #62E5D2 #D262E5

tetradic

#E5D262 #62E591 #6275E5 #E562B7

square

#E5D262 #62E591 #6275E5 #E562B7

split-complementary

#E5D262 #62B7E5 #9162E5

monochromatic

#B09A1D #DCC32D #E5D262 #EEE197 #F6F0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E5D262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#E5D262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D262

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D262	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 210, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0df92',
    500: '#e5d262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d262;
$custom-light: #f0df92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85773,
    "c": 0.13385,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D262

secondary

#3B4CB1

accent

#2ED412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D262

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

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