#E5E487#E5E487

#E5E487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.116 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E487
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 135)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 41%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.87, -12.81, 45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.87, 47.19, 105.76°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0357 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.116 108)
XYZ	xyz(64.4307, 73.8955, 33.7861)
Luminance	0.7389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E487 #8788E5

analogous

#E5B587 #E5E487 #B7E587

triadic

#E5E487 #87E5E4 #E487E5

tetradic

#E5E487 #87E5B5 #8788E5 #E587B7

square

#E5E487 #87E5B5 #8788E5 #E587B7

split-complementary

#E5E487 #87B7E5 #B587E5

monochromatic

#C7C52B #DAD955 #E5E487 #F0EFB9 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#E5E487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E487

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E487	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DD80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E18B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.116 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efecab',
    500: '#e5e487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e487;
$custom-light: #efecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.362,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8996,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.73894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E487

secondary

#5354BE

accent

#1BCC19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E487

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

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