#E5E985#E5E985

#E5E985 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.123 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E985
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 133)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(62, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 42.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.15, -15.49, 47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.15, 50.42, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(90.97% -0.0435 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(90.97% 0.123 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.6867, 76.6305, 33.5166)
Luminance	0.7663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E985 #8985E9

analogous

#E9BB85 #E5E985 #B3E985

triadic

#E5E985 #85E5E9 #E985E5

tetradic

#E5E985 #85E9BB #8985E9 #E985B3

square

#E5E985 #85E9BB #8985E9 #E985B3

split-complementary

#E5E985 #85B3E9 #BB85E9

monochromatic

#C8CE25 #DAE051 #E5E985 #F0F2B9 #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E5E985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#E5E985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E985

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E985	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E17D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.123 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efefaa',
    500: '#e5e985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e985;
$custom-light: #efefaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90969,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E985

secondary

#5450C2

accent

#14D11C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E985

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

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