#E5E489#E5E489

#E5E489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.113 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E489
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 137)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 40.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -12.61, 44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 46.22, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.99% -0.0349 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(89.99% 0.113 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.5729, 73.9523, 34.5347)
Luminance	0.7395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E489 #898AE5

analogous

#E5B689 #E5E489 #B8E589

triadic

#E5E489 #89E5E4 #E489E5

tetradic

#E5E489 #89E5B6 #898AE5 #E589B8

square

#E5E489 #89E5B6 #898AE5 #E589B8

split-complementary

#E5E489 #89B8E5 #B689E5

monochromatic

#C8C62C #DAD957 #E5E489 #F0EFBB #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E5E489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#E5E489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E489

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E489	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DD82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E18D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.113 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeecad',
    500: '#e5e489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e489;
$custom-light: #eeecad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.348,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8999,
    "c": 0.11342,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E489

secondary

#5456BE

accent

#1CCC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E489

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

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