#E5E962#E5E962

#E5E962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.156 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E962
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -18.46, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 66.18, 106.20°)
OKLab	oklab(90.55% -0.0553 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(90.55% 0.156 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.6583, 75.8192, 22.8341)
Luminance	0.7582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E962 #6662E9

analogous

#E9AA62 #E5E962 #A1E962

triadic

#E5E962 #62E5E9 #E962E5

tetradic

#E5E962 #62E9AA #6662E9 #E962A1

square

#E5E962 #62E9AA #6662E9 #E962A1

split-complementary

#E5E962 #62A1E9 #AA62E9

monochromatic

#B2B71A #DCE12C #E5E962 #EEF198 #F7F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#E5E962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E962

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E962	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.156 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef94',
    500: '#e5e962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e962;
$custom-light: #f0ef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.778,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90547,
    "c": 0.15635,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E962

secondary

#3C38B7

accent

#0ED814

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E962

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

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