#E5E2AF#E5E2AF

#E5E2AF is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.067 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E2AF
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 175)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(57, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 23.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.99, -7.02, 25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.99, 26.33, 105.46°)
OKLab	oklab(90.26% -0.0171 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(90.26% 0.067 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.2472, 74.1469, 51.3184)
Luminance	0.7415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E2AF #AFB2E5

analogous

#E5C7AF #E5E2AF #CDE5AF

triadic

#E5E2AF #AFE5E2 #E2AFE5

tetradic

#E5E2AF #AFE5C7 #AFB2E5 #E5AFCD

square

#E5E2AF #AFE5C7 #AFB2E5 #E5AFCD

split-complementary

#E5E2AF #AFCDE5 #C7AFE5

monochromatic

#C7C153 #D6D181 #E5E2AF #F4F3DD #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E2AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#E5E2AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E2AF

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E2AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E2AF	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e2af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.067 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebc7',
    500: '#e5e2af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e2af;
$custom-light: #edebc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e2af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90262,
    "c": 0.06656,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E2AF

secondary

#797DBF

accent

#30BE27

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E2AF

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

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