#E5D686#E5D686

#E5D686 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.102 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D686
RGB	rgb(229, 214, 134)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 41.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, -5.88, 41.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 41.74, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.07% -0.0158 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(87.07% 0.102 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.6641, 66.4743, 32.1849)
Luminance	0.6647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D686 #8695E5

analogous

#E5A686 #E5D686 #C4E586

triadic

#E5D686 #86E5D6 #D686E5

tetradic

#E5D686 #86E5A6 #8695E5 #E586C4

square

#E5D686 #86E5A6 #8695E5 #E586C4

split-complementary

#E5D686 #86C4E5 #A686E5

monochromatic

#C6AD2B #DAC554 #E5D686 #F0E7B8 #FAF6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E5D686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#E5D686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D686

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D686	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)

#E4D280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 214, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.102 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe2aa',
    500: '#e5d686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d686;
$custom-light: #efe2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87072,
    "c": 0.10185,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D686

secondary

#5263BE

accent

#35CC19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D686

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

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