#E5E185#E5E185

#E5E185 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.114 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E185
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 133)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 41.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.07, -11.52, 45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.07, 46.82, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.31% -0.0321 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(89.31% 0.114 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.4731, 72.2034, 32.7788)
Luminance	0.7220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E185 #8589E5

analogous

#E5B185 #E5E185 #B9E585

triadic

#E5E185 #85E5E1 #E185E5

tetradic

#E5E185 #85E5B1 #8589E5 #E585B9

square

#E5E185 #85E5B1 #8589E5 #E585B9

split-complementary

#E5E185 #85B9E5 #B185E5

monochromatic

#C6BF2A #DAD553 #E5E185 #F0EDB7 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#E5E185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E185

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E185	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDB7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.114 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeaaa',
    500: '#e5e185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e185;
$custom-light: #efeaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8931,
    "c": 0.11436,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E185

secondary

#5155BE

accent

#20CD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E185

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

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