#E5DB97#E5DB97

#E5DB97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.088 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DB97
RGB	rgb(229, 219, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(52, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 34.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.78, -6.53, 34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.78, 35.33, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(88.38% -0.0165 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(88.38% 0.088 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.2313, 69.5570, 39.3671)
Luminance	0.6956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DB97 #97A1E5

analogous

#E5B497 #E5DB97 #C8E597

triadic

#E5DB97 #97E5DB #DB97E5

tetradic

#E5DB97 #97E5B4 #97A1E5 #E597C8

square

#E5DB97 #97E5B4 #97A1E5 #E597C8

split-complementary

#E5DB97 #97C8E5 #B497E5

monochromatic

#CDB935 #D9CA66 #E5DB97 #F1ECC8 #F9F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#E5DB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DB97

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DB97	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5db97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 219, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.088 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee6b6',
    500: '#e5db97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5db97;
$custom-light: #eee6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5db97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88375,
    "c": 0.08768,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DB97

secondary

#626DBF

accent

#34C81E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DB97

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

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