#E5E486#E5E486

#E5E486 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.117 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E486
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 134)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 41.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -12.91, 45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 47.67, 105.72°)
OKLab	oklab(89.95% -0.036 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(89.95% 0.117 108)
XYZ	xyz(64.3607, 73.8675, 33.4171)
Luminance	0.7387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E486 #8687E5

analogous

#E5B486 #E5E486 #B6E586

triadic

#E5E486 #86E5E4 #E486E5

tetradic

#E5E486 #86E5B4 #8687E5 #E586B6

square

#E5E486 #86E5B4 #8687E5 #E586B6

split-complementary

#E5E486 #86B6E5 #B486E5

monochromatic

#C6C42B #DAD954 #E5E486 #F0EFB8 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#E5E486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E486

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E486	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)

#F2DD7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E18A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.117 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efecab',
    500: '#e5e486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e486;
$custom-light: #efecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.368,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89945,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.73866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E486

secondary

#5253BE

accent

#1BCC19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E486

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

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