#E5ED62#E5ED62

#E5ED62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.161 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5ED62
RGB	rgb(229, 237, 98)
HSL	hsl(63, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.83, -20.40, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.83, 67.85, 107.50°)
OKLab	oklab(91.39% -0.0608 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.161 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.8035, 78.1096, 23.2158)
Luminance	0.7811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5ED62 #6A62ED

analogous

#EDAF62 #E5ED62 #9FED62

triadic

#E5ED62 #62E5ED #ED62E5

tetradic

#E5ED62 #62EDAF #6A62ED #ED629F

square

#E5ED62 #62EDAF #6A62ED #ED629F

split-complementary

#E5ED62 #629FED #AF62ED

monochromatic

#B5BF16 #DCE72B #E5ED62 #EEF399 #F7FAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E5ED62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.62

#E5ED62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5ED62

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5ED62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5ED62	1.00	1.26	16.62	16.62
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ed62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 237, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.161 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f294',
    500: '#e5ed62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ed62;
$custom-light: #f0f294;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ed62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.453,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9139,
    "c": 0.16066,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5ED62

secondary

#3E36BD

accent

#0ADC16

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5ED62

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

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