#E5D962#E5D962

#E5D962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.140 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D962
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.59, -10.56, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.59, 59.82, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.21% -0.0329 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(87.21% 0.14 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.3326, 67.1677, 21.3922)
Luminance	0.6717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D962 #626EE5

analogous

#E59862 #E5D962 #B0E562

triadic

#E5D962 #62E5D9 #D962E5

tetradic

#E5D962 #62E598 #626EE5 #E562B0

square

#E5D962 #62E598 #626EE5 #E562B0

split-complementary

#E5D962 #62B0E5 #9862E5

monochromatic

#B0A21D #DCCC2D #E5D962 #EEE697 #F6F2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E5D962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#E5D962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D962

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D962	1.00	1.45	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.140 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e493',
    500: '#e5d962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d962;
$custom-light: #f0e493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87212,
    "c": 0.1402,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D962

secondary

#3B45B1

accent

#24D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D962

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

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