#E5D862#E5D862

#E5D862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.139 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D862
RGB	rgb(229, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.33, -10.06, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.33, 59.45, 99.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.01% -0.0314 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(87.01% 0.139 103)
XYZ	xyz(59.0756, 66.6537, 21.3065)
Luminance	0.6665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D862 #626FE5

analogous

#E59762 #E5D862 #B1E562

triadic

#E5D862 #62E5D8 #D862E5

tetradic

#E5D862 #62E597 #626FE5 #E562B1

square

#E5D862 #62E597 #626FE5 #E562B1

split-complementary

#E5D862 #62B1E5 #9762E5

monochromatic

#B0A11D #DCCB2D #E5D862 #EEE597 #F6F2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E5D862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#E5D862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D862

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D862	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.139 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e392',
    500: '#e5d862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d862;
$custom-light: #f0e392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87006,
    "c": 0.13926,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.66652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D862

secondary

#3B46B1

accent

#25D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D862

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

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