#E5E485#E5E485

#E5E485 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.118 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E485
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 133)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 41.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.85, -13.02, 46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.85, 48.15, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.93% -0.0364 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(89.93% 0.118 108)
XYZ	xyz(64.2912, 73.8397, 33.0515)
Luminance	0.7384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E485 #8586E5

analogous

#E5B485 #E5E485 #B6E585

triadic

#E5E485 #85E5E4 #E485E5

tetradic

#E5E485 #85E5B4 #8586E5 #E585B6

square

#E5E485 #85E5B4 #8586E5 #E585B6

split-complementary

#E5E485 #85B6E5 #B485E5

monochromatic

#C6C42A #DAD953 #E5E485 #F0EFB7 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#E5E485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E485

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E485	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DD7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.118 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efecaa',
    500: '#e5e485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e485;
$custom-light: #efecaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.375,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8993,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.73838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E485

secondary

#5152BE

accent

#1BCD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E485

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

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