#E5EE62#E5EE62

#E5EE62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.162 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EE62
RGB	rgb(229, 238, 98)
HSL	hsl(64, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.09, -20.88, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.09, 68.27, 107.81°)
OKLab	oklab(91.6% -0.0622 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(91.6% 0.162 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.0939, 78.6902, 23.3126)
Luminance	0.7869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EE62 #6B62EE

analogous

#EEB162 #E5EE62 #9FEE62

triadic

#E5EE62 #62E5EE #EE62E5

tetradic

#E5EE62 #62EEB1 #6B62EE #EE629F

square

#E5EE62 #62EEB1 #6B62EE #EE629F

split-complementary

#E5EE62 #629FEE #B162EE

monochromatic

#B6C115 #DCE82B #E5EE62 #EEF499 #F7FAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E5EE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.74

#E5EE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EE62

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EE62	1.00	1.25	16.74	16.74
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE76B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ee62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 238, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.162 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f394',
    500: '#e5ee62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ee62;
$custom-light: #f0f394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ee62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.857,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91601,
    "c": 0.16174,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EE62

secondary

#3E35BF

accent

#09DD16

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EE62

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

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