#E5D485#E5D485

#E5D485 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.101 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D485
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 133)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 41.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -4.96, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 41.45, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.0132 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.101 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.0916, 65.4404, 31.6516)
Luminance	0.6544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D485 #8596E5

analogous

#E5A485 #E5D485 #C6E585

triadic

#E5D485 #85E5D4 #D485E5

tetradic

#E5D485 #85E5A4 #8596E5 #E585C6

square

#E5D485 #85E5A4 #8596E5 #E585C6

split-complementary

#E5D485 #85C6E5 #A485E5

monochromatic

#C6AA2A #DAC253 #E5D485 #F0E6B7 #FAF6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E5D485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#E5D485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D485

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D485	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D07F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.101 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe1a9',
    500: '#e5d485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d485;
$custom-light: #efe1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.375,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8665,
    "c": 0.10105,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D485

secondary

#5164BE

accent

#39CD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D485

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

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