#E5E162#E5E162

#E5E162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.148 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E162
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.68, -14.54, 61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.68, 62.92, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(88.87% -0.0442 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(88.87% 0.148 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.4448, 71.3921, 22.0963)
Luminance	0.7139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E162 #6266E5

analogous

#E5A062 #E5E162 #A8E562

triadic

#E5E162 #62E5E1 #E162E5

tetradic

#E5E162 #62E5A0 #6266E5 #E562A8

square

#E5E162 #62E5A0 #6266E5 #E562A8

split-complementary

#E5E162 #62A8E5 #A062E5

monochromatic

#B0AB1D #DCD72D #E5E162 #EEEB97 #F6F5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#E5E162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E162

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E162	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.148 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea93',
    500: '#e5e162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e162;
$custom-light: #f0ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.168,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88872,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E162

secondary

#3B3EB1

accent

#18D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E162

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

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