#E5D690#E5D690

#E5D690 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.091 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D690
RGB	rgb(229, 214, 144)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 37%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 37.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -4.79, 36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 36.78, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.24% -0.0119 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(87.24% 0.091 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.3948, 66.7666, 36.0333)
Luminance	0.6676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D690 #909FE5

analogous

#E5AB90 #E5D690 #C9E590

triadic

#E5D690 #90E5D6 #D690E5

tetradic

#E5D690 #90E5AB #909FE5 #E590C9

square

#E5D690 #90E5AB #909FE5 #E590C9

split-complementary

#E5D690 #90C9E5 #AB90E5

monochromatic

#CBB030 #D9C45E #E5D690 #F1E8C2 #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E5D690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#E5D690 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D690

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D690	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D28B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 214, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.091 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee2b1',
    500: '#e5d690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d690;
$custom-light: #eee2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 62.044,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87237,
    "c": 0.09071,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D690

secondary

#5B6CBE

accent

#3ACA1C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D690

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

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