#E5E09A#E5E09A

#E5E09A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.090 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E09A
RGB	rgb(229, 224, 154)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 32.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.11, -8.70, 34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.11, 36.02, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(89.45% -0.0226 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(89.45% 0.09 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.8021, 72.3038, 41.1079)
Luminance	0.7230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E09A #9A9FE5

analogous

#E5BA9A #E5E09A #C4E59A

triadic

#E5E09A #9AE5E0 #E09AE5

tetradic

#E5E09A #9AE5BA #9A9FE5 #E59AC4

square

#E5E09A #9AE5BA #9A9FE5 #E59AC4

split-complementary

#E5E09A #9AC4E5 #BA9AE5

monochromatic

#CCC239 #D8D169 #E5E09A #F2EFCB #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#E5E09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E09A

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E09A	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDF9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 224, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.090 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee9b8',
    500: '#e5e09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e09a;
$custom-light: #eee9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89449,
    "c": 0.08964,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E09A

secondary

#646ABF

accent

#2AC71F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E09A

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

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