#E5CC72#E5CC72

#E5CC72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.114 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC72
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 50.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, -2.68, 47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 47.77, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.75% -0.0084 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(84.75% 0.114 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.9452, 61.0611, 24.7027)
Luminance	0.6106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC72 #728BE5

analogous

#E59372 #E5CC72 #C4E572

triadic

#E5CC72 #72E5CC #CC72E5

tetradic

#E5CC72 #72E593 #728BE5 #E572C4

square

#E5CC72 #72E593 #728BE5 #E572C4

split-complementary

#E5CC72 #72C4E5 #9372E5

monochromatic

#BA9922 #DBB93E #E5CC72 #EFDFA6 #F8F1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#E5CC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC72

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC72	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.114 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb9c',
    500: '#e5cc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc72;
$custom-light: #efdb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84751,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC72

secondary

#415BBA

accent

#3ED115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC72

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

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