#E5D985#E5D985

#E5D985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.106 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D985
RGB	rgb(229, 217, 133)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 41.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.00, -7.50, 42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.00, 43.43, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.0206 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.106 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.3609, 67.9790, 32.0747)
Luminance	0.6798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D985 #8591E5

analogous

#E5A985 #E5D985 #C1E585

triadic

#E5D985 #85E5D9 #D985E5

tetradic

#E5D985 #85E5A9 #8591E5 #E585C1

square

#E5D985 #85E5A9 #8591E5 #E585C1

split-complementary

#E5D985 #85C1E5 #A985E5

monochromatic

#C6B22A #DAC953 #E5D985 #F0E9B7 #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E5D985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#E5D985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D985

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D985	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D47E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 217, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.106 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe4aa',
    500: '#e5d985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d985;
$custom-light: #efe4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87668,
    "c": 0.1059,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D985

secondary

#515EBE

accent

#2FCD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D985

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

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