#E5D486#E5D486

#E5D486 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.100 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D486
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 134)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 41.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.72, -4.86, 40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.72, 40.96, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0128 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.1 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.1610, 65.4682, 32.0172)
Luminance	0.6547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D486 #8697E5

analogous

#E5A486 #E5D486 #C6E586

triadic

#E5D486 #86E5D4 #D486E5

tetradic

#E5D486 #86E5A4 #8697E5 #E586C6

square

#E5D486 #86E5A4 #8697E5 #E586C6

split-complementary

#E5D486 #86C6E5 #A486E5

monochromatic

#C6AA2B #DAC254 #E5D486 #F0E6B8 #FAF6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E5D486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#E5D486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D486

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D486	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)

#E2D080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.100 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe1aa',
    500: '#e5d486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d486;
$custom-light: #efe1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.263,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86665,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D486

secondary

#5265BE

accent

#39CC19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D486

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

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