#E5D589#E5D589

#E5D589 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.098 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D589
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 137)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 40.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.02, -5.05, 39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.02, 39.86, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.0132 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.098 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.6240, 66.0546, 33.2184)
Luminance	0.6605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D589 #8999E5

analogous

#E5A789 #E5D589 #C7E589

triadic

#E5D589 #89E5D5 #D589E5

tetradic

#E5D589 #89E5A7 #8999E5 #E589C7

square

#E5D589 #89E5A7 #8999E5 #E589C7

split-complementary

#E5D589 #89C7E5 #A789E5

monochromatic

#C8AD2C #DAC357 #E5D589 #F0E7BB #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E5D589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#E5D589 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D589

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D589	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D78C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.098 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee1ac',
    500: '#e5d589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d589;
$custom-light: #eee1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86917,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D589

secondary

#5467BE

accent

#39CC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D589

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

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