#E5D596#E5D596

#E5D596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.083 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D596
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -3.59, 33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 33.38, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0081 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.083 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.6133, 66.4503, 38.4288)
Luminance	0.6645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D596 #96A6E5

analogous

#E5AE96 #E5D596 #CEE596

triadic

#E5D596 #96E5D5 #D596E5

tetradic

#E5D596 #96E5AE #96A6E5 #E596CE

square

#E5D596 #96E5AE #96A6E5 #E596CE

split-complementary

#E5D596 #96CEE5 #AE96E5

monochromatic

#CDAE34 #D9C165 #E5D596 #F1E9C7 #F9F5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E5D596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#E5D596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D596

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D596	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.083 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee1b5',
    500: '#e5d596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d596;
$custom-light: #eee1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.848,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87142,
    "c": 0.08287,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D596

secondary

#6174BF

accent

#40C81E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D596

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

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