#E5D662#E5D662

#E5D662 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.137 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D662
RGB	rgb(229, 214, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -9.05, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 58.71, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0286 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.137 102)
XYZ	xyz(58.5663, 65.6352, 21.1368)
Luminance	0.6563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D662 #6271E5

analogous

#E59562 #E5D662 #B3E562

triadic

#E5D662 #62E5D6 #D662E5

tetradic

#E5D662 #62E595 #6271E5 #E562B3

square

#E5D662 #62E595 #6271E5 #E562B3

split-complementary

#E5D662 #62B3E5 #9562E5

monochromatic

#B09F1D #DCC82D #E5D662 #EEE497 #F6F1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E5D662 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#E5D662 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D662

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D662	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D662	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d662;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 214, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.137 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e292',
    500: '#e5d662',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d662;
$custom-light: #f0e292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d662",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86594,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.65633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D662

secondary

#3B48B1

accent

#28D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D662

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →