#E5EAAD#E5EAAD

#E5EAAD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.079 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EAAD
RGB	rgb(229, 234, 173)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(65, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 26.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.02, -11.30, 29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.02, 31.27, 111.19°)
OKLab	oklab(91.86% -0.0293 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(91.86% 0.079 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.2786, 78.5215, 51.0336)
Luminance	0.7852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EAAD #B2ADEA

analogous

#EAD1AD #E5EAAD #C7EAAD

triadic

#E5EAAD #ADE5EA #EAADE5

tetradic

#E5EAAD #ADEAD1 #B2ADEA #EAADC7

square

#E5EAAD #ADEAD1 #B2ADEA #EAADC7

split-complementary

#E5EAAD #ADC7EA #D1ADEA

monochromatic

#C6D14C #D6DE7C #E5EAAD #F4F6DE #F7F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E5EAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#E5EAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EAAD

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EAAD	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE3DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5eaad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 234, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.079 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0c5',
    500: '#e5eaad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5eaad;
$custom-light: #edf0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5eaad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.918,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91855,
    "c": 0.07907,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EAAD

secondary

#7C75C6

accent

#1FC72C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EAAD

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

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