#E5E262#E5E262

#E5E262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.149 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E262
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.94, -15.04, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.94, 63.32, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(89.08% -0.0456 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(89.08% 0.149 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.7159, 71.9343, 22.1866)
Luminance	0.7193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E262 #6265E5

analogous

#E5A162 #E5E262 #A7E562

triadic

#E5E262 #62E5E2 #E262E5

tetradic

#E5E262 #62E5A1 #6265E5 #E562A7

square

#E5E262 #62E5A1 #6265E5 #E562A7

split-complementary

#E5E262 #62A7E5 #A162E5

monochromatic

#B0AC1D #DCD82D #E5E262 #EEEC97 #F6F5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#E5E262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E262

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E262	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.149 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea93',
    500: '#e5e262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e262;
$custom-light: #f0ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89081,
    "c": 0.14906,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E262

secondary

#3B3DB1

accent

#16D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E262

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

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