#E5DE8A#E5DE8A

#E5DE8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.106 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE8A
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 138)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 39.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.36, -9.50, 42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.36, 43.08, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(88.77% -0.0259 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(88.77% 0.106 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.0229, 70.7371, 34.3736)
Luminance	0.7074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE8A #8A91E5

analogous

#E5B18A #E5DE8A #BEE58A

triadic

#E5DE8A #8AE5DE #DE8AE5

tetradic

#E5DE8A #8AE5B1 #8A91E5 #E58ABE

square

#E5DE8A #8AE5B1 #8A91E5 #E58ABE

split-complementary

#E5DE8A #8ABEE5 #B18AE5

monochromatic

#C8BC2C #DAD058 #E5DE8A #F0ECBC #F9F8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E5DE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#E5DE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE8A

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE8A	1.00	1.39	15.15	15.15
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDD8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.106 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee8ad',
    500: '#e5de8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de8a;
$custom-light: #eee8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88769,
    "c": 0.10565,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE8A

secondary

#555DBE

accent

#28CB1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE8A

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

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