#E5D585#E5D585

#E5D585 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.102 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D585
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 133)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 41.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.97, -5.47, 41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.97, 41.84, 97.51°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0147 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.102 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.3423, 65.9419, 31.7352)
Luminance	0.6594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D585 #8595E5

analogous

#E5A585 #E5D585 #C5E585

triadic

#E5D585 #85E5D5 #D585E5

tetradic

#E5D585 #85E5A5 #8595E5 #E585C5

square

#E5D585 #85E5A5 #8595E5 #E585C5

split-complementary

#E5D585 #85C5E5 #A585E5

monochromatic

#C6AC2A #DAC453 #E5D585 #F0E6B7 #FAF6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E5D585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#E5D585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D585

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D585	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D17F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.102 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe1a9',
    500: '#e5d585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d585;
$custom-light: #efe1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86853,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D585

secondary

#5163BE

accent

#37CD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D585

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

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