#E5D462#E5D462

#E5D462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.136 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D462
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.29, -8.04, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.29, 57.98, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.0257 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.136 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.0633, 64.6291, 20.9691)
Luminance	0.6463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D462 #6273E5

analogous

#E59362 #E5D462 #B5E562

triadic

#E5D462 #62E5D4 #D462E5

tetradic

#E5D462 #62E593 #6273E5 #E562B5

square

#E5D462 #62E593 #6273E5 #E562B5

split-complementary

#E5D462 #62B5E5 #9362E5

monochromatic

#B09D1D #DCC62D #E5D462 #EEE297 #F6F1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E5D462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#E5D462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D462

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D462	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.136 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e092',
    500: '#e5d462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d462;
$custom-light: #f0e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86183,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D462

secondary

#3B4AB1

accent

#2BD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D462

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →