#E5D689#E5D689

#E5D689 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.099 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D689
RGB	rgb(229, 214, 137)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 40.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.28, -5.56, 39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.28, 40.26, 97.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.12% -0.0146 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(87.12% 0.099 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.8763, 66.5592, 33.3025)
Luminance	0.6656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D689 #8998E5

analogous

#E5A889 #E5D689 #C6E589

triadic

#E5D689 #89E5D6 #D689E5

tetradic

#E5D689 #89E5A8 #8998E5 #E589C6

square

#E5D689 #89E5A8 #8998E5 #E589C6

split-complementary

#E5D689 #89C6E5 #A889E5

monochromatic

#C8AE2C #DAC557 #E5D689 #F0E7BB #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E5D689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#E5D689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D689

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D689	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D88C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 214, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.099 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee2ac',
    500: '#e5d689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d689;
$custom-light: #eee2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.217,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8712,
    "c": 0.09855,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D689

secondary

#5466BE

accent

#37CC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D689

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

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