#E5E186#E5E186

#E5E186 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.113 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E186
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 134)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 41.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -11.42, 44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 46.34, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.33% -0.0318 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(89.33% 0.113 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.5425, 72.2312, 33.1444)
Luminance	0.7223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E186 #868AE5

analogous

#E5B186 #E5E186 #B9E586

triadic

#E5E186 #86E5E1 #E186E5

tetradic

#E5E186 #86E5B1 #868AE5 #E586B9

square

#E5E186 #86E5B1 #868AE5 #E586B9

split-complementary

#E5E186 #86B9E5 #B186E5

monochromatic

#C6BF2B #DAD554 #E5E186 #F0EDB8 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E186 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E5E186 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E186

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E186	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E186	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDB7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e186;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.113 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeaaa',
    500: '#e5e186',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e186;
$custom-light: #efeaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e186",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.474,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89325,
    "c": 0.11328,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E186

secondary

#5256BE

accent

#21CC19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E186

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

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