#E5DE99#E5DE99

#E5DE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.089 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE99
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 33.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.58, -7.81, 34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.58, 35.63, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(89.02% -0.0201 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(89.02% 0.089 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.1848, 71.2019, 40.4930)
Luminance	0.7120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE99 #99A0E5

analogous

#E5B899 #E5DE99 #C6E599

triadic

#E5DE99 #99E5DE #DE99E5

tetradic

#E5DE99 #99E5B8 #99A0E5 #E599C6

square

#E5DE99 #99E5B8 #99A0E5 #E599C6

split-complementary

#E5DE99 #99C6E5 #B899E5

monochromatic

#CCBE37 #D9CE68 #E5DE99 #F1EECA #F9F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E5DE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#E5DE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE99

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE99	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDD9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.089 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee8b7',
    500: '#e5de99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de99;
$custom-light: #eee8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.474,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89022,
    "c": 0.08858,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE99

secondary

#636CBF

accent

#2EC71E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE99

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

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