#E5DD62#E5DD62

#E5DD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.144 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD62
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.63, -12.56, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.63, 61.35, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(88.04% -0.0386 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(88.04% 0.144 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.3761, 69.2547, 21.7400)
Luminance	0.6925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD62 #626AE5

analogous

#E59C62 #E5DD62 #ACE562

triadic

#E5DD62 #62E5DD #DD62E5

tetradic

#E5DD62 #62E59C #626AE5 #E562AC

square

#E5DD62 #62E59C #626AE5 #E562AC

split-complementary

#E5DD62 #62ACE5 #9C62E5

monochromatic

#B0A71D #DCD22D #E5DD62 #EEE897 #F6F4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#E5DD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD62

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD62	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.144 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e793',
    500: '#e5dd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd62;
$custom-light: #f0e793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8804,
    "c": 0.14405,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD62

secondary

#3B42B1

accent

#1ED412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD62

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

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