#E5D685#E5D685

#E5D685 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.103 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D685
RGB	rgb(229, 214, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 41.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.22, -5.98, 41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.22, 42.23, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% -0.0162 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.103 99)
XYZ	xyz(60.5946, 66.4465, 31.8193)
Luminance	0.6644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D685 #8594E5

analogous

#E5A685 #E5D685 #C4E585

triadic

#E5D685 #85E5D6 #D685E5

tetradic

#E5D685 #85E5A6 #8594E5 #E585C4

square

#E5D685 #85E5A6 #8594E5 #E585C4

split-complementary

#E5D685 #85C4E5 #A685E5

monochromatic

#C6AD2A #DAC553 #E5D685 #F0E7B7 #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E5D685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#E5D685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D685

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D685	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)

#E4D27F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 214, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.103 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe2a9',
    500: '#e5d685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d685;
$custom-light: #efe2a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87056,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.66445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D685

secondary

#5162BE

accent

#35CD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D685

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

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