#E5E889#E5E889

#E5E889 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.118 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E889
RGB	rgb(229, 232, 137)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(62, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 40.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.94, -14.59, 45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.94, 48.05, 107.67°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% -0.0406 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.118 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.6860, 76.1786, 34.9058)
Luminance	0.7618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E889 #8C89E8

analogous

#E8BC89 #E5E889 #B5E889

triadic

#E5E889 #89E5E8 #E889E5

tetradic

#E5E889 #89E8BC #8C89E8 #E889B5

square

#E5E889 #89E8BC #8C89E8 #E889B5

split-complementary

#E5E889 #89B5E8 #BC89E8

monochromatic

#C9CE28 #DADE56 #E5E889 #F0F2BC #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E5E889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#E5E889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E889

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E889	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 232, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.118 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefad',
    500: '#e5e889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e889;
$custom-light: #eeefad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.895,
    "s": 67.376,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90819,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E889

secondary

#5754C1

accent

#16CF1C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E889

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

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