#E5D397#E5D397

#E5D397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.080 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D397
RGB	rgb(229, 211, 151)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(46, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 34.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.73, -2.44, 32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.73, 32.11, 94.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.76% -0.0047 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(86.76% 0.08 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.1942, 65.4827, 38.6881)
Luminance	0.6548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D397 #97A9E5

analogous

#E5AC97 #E5D397 #D0E597

triadic

#E5D397 #97E5D3 #D397E5

tetradic

#E5D397 #97E5AC #97A9E5 #E597D0

square

#E5D397 #97E5AC #97A9E5 #E597D0

split-complementary

#E5D397 #97D0E5 #AC97E5

monochromatic

#CDAA35 #D9BE66 #E5D397 #F1E8C8 #F9F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E5D397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#E5D397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D397

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D397	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 211, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.080 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee0b6',
    500: '#e5d397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d397;
$custom-light: #eee0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86757,
    "c": 0.0799,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D397

secondary

#6277BF

accent

#45C81E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D397

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

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