#E5E362#E5E362

#E5E362 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.150 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E362
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -15.53, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 63.72, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.29% -0.047 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(89.29% 0.15 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.9886, 72.4798, 22.2775)
Luminance	0.7248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E362 #6264E5

analogous

#E5A262 #E5E362 #A6E562

triadic

#E5E362 #62E5E3 #E362E5

tetradic

#E5E362 #62E5A2 #6264E5 #E562A6

square

#E5E362 #62E5A2 #6264E5 #E562A6

split-complementary

#E5E362 #62A6E5 #A262E5

monochromatic

#B0AD1D #DCDA2D #E5E362 #EEEC97 #F6F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#E5E362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E362

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E362	1.00	1.36	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.150 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb93',
    500: '#e5e362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e362;
$custom-light: #f0eb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8929,
    "c": 0.15008,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E362

secondary

#3B3CB1

accent

#15D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E362

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

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