#E5DC62#E5DC62

#E5DC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.143 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC62
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.37, -12.06, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.37, 60.97, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(87.83% -0.0372 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(87.83% 0.143 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.1128, 68.7282, 21.6523)
Luminance	0.6873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC62 #626BE5

analogous

#E59B62 #E5DC62 #ADE562

triadic

#E5DC62 #62E5DC #DC62E5

tetradic

#E5DC62 #62E59B #626BE5 #E562AD

square

#E5DC62 #62E59B #626BE5 #E562AD

split-complementary

#E5DC62 #62ADE5 #9B62E5

monochromatic

#B0A51D #DCD02D #E5DC62 #EEE897 #F6F3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#E5DC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC62

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC62	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.143 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e693',
    500: '#e5dc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc62;
$custom-light: #f0e693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87833,
    "c": 0.14307,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC62

secondary

#3B43B1

accent

#1FD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC62

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

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