#E5D489#E5D489

#E5D489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.097 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D489
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 137)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 40.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.77, -4.54, 39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.77, 39.47, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(86.71% -0.0117 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(86.71% 0.097 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.3732, 65.5531, 33.1348)
Luminance	0.6555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D489 #899AE5

analogous

#E5A689 #E5D489 #C8E589

triadic

#E5D489 #89E5D4 #D489E5

tetradic

#E5D489 #89E5A6 #899AE5 #E589C8

square

#E5D489 #89E5A6 #899AE5 #E589C8

split-complementary

#E5D489 #89C8E5 #A689E5

monochromatic

#C8AB2C #DAC257 #E5D489 #F0E6BB #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E5D489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#E5D489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D489

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D489	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D68C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.097 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee1ac',
    500: '#e5d489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d489;
$custom-light: #eee1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.913,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86714,
    "c": 0.09667,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D489

secondary

#5468BE

accent

#3BCC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D489

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

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