#E5D487#E5D487

#E5D487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.099 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D487
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 135)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 41%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.74, -4.75, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.74, 40.46, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0125 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.099 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.2311, 65.4962, 32.3863)
Luminance	0.6549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D487 #8798E5

analogous

#E5A587 #E5D487 #C7E587

triadic

#E5D487 #87E5D4 #D487E5

tetradic

#E5D487 #87E5A5 #8798E5 #E587C7

square

#E5D487 #87E5A5 #8798E5 #E587C7

split-complementary

#E5D487 #87C7E5 #A587E5

monochromatic

#C7AA2B #DAC255 #E5D487 #F0E6B9 #FAF6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E5D487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#E5D487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D487

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D487	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)

#E2D081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D68A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.099 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe1ab',
    500: '#e5d487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d487;
$custom-light: #efe1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.149,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86682,
    "c": 0.09887,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D487

secondary

#5366BE

accent

#3ACC19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D487

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

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