#E5D185#E5D185

#E5D185 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.098 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D185
RGB	rgb(229, 209, 133)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 41.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.94, -3.42, 40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.94, 40.32, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(86.04% -0.0088 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(86.04% 0.098 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.3486, 63.9545, 31.4040)
Luminance	0.6395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D185 #8599E5

analogous

#E5A185 #E5D185 #C9E585

triadic

#E5D185 #85E5D1 #D185E5

tetradic

#E5D185 #85E5A1 #8599E5 #E585C9

square

#E5D185 #85E5A1 #8599E5 #E585C9

split-complementary

#E5D185 #85C9E5 #A185E5

monochromatic

#C6A52A #DABE53 #E5D185 #F0E4B7 #FAF5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E5D185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#E5D185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D185

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D185	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CE7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 209, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.098 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdea9',
    500: '#e5d185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d185;
$custom-light: #efdea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86042,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D185

secondary

#5167BE

accent

#3ECD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D185

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

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