#E5D588#E5D588

#E5D588 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.099 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D588
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 136)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 40.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.01, -5.16, 40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.01, 40.36, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.0135 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.099 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.5526, 66.0260, 32.8424)
Luminance	0.6602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D588 #8898E5

analogous

#E5A788 #E5D588 #C7E588

triadic

#E5D588 #88E5D5 #D588E5

tetradic

#E5D588 #88E5A7 #8898E5 #E588C7

square

#E5D588 #88E5A7 #8898E5 #E588C7

split-complementary

#E5D588 #88C7E5 #A788E5

monochromatic

#C7AC2C #DAC356 #E5D588 #F0E7BA #FAF6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E5D588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#E5D588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D588

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D588	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D78B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.099 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee1ab',
    500: '#e5d588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d588;
$custom-light: #eee1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.677,
    "s": 64.138,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86901,
    "c": 0.0987,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D588

secondary

#5366BE

accent

#38CC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D588

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

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