#E5E662#E5E662

#E5E662 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.153 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E662
RGB	rgb(229, 230, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.99, -17.00, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.99, 64.94, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% -0.0512 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.153 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.8163, 74.1351, 22.5534)
Luminance	0.7413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E662 #6362E6

analogous

#E6A562 #E5E662 #A3E662

triadic

#E5E662 #62E5E6 #E662E5

tetradic

#E5E662 #62E6A5 #6362E6 #E662A3

square

#E5E662 #62E6A5 #6362E6 #E662A3

split-complementary

#E5E662 #62A3E6 #A562E6

monochromatic

#B0B11C #DCDE2D #E5E662 #EEEE97 #F6F7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E662 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#E5E662 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E662

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E662	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E662	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e662;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 230, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.153 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed93',
    500: '#e5e662',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e662;
$custom-light: #f0ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e662",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.455,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89918,
    "c": 0.15319,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E662

secondary

#3B3AB2

accent

#11D512

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E662

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

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