#E5CF72#E5CF72
#E5CF72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.116 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5CF72 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 207, 114) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 69%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 50%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 50.2%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.18, -4.22, 48.62) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.18, 48.81, 94.95°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.36% -0.0129 0.1156) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.36% 0.116 96.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.6651, 62.5009, 24.9427) |
| Luminance | 0.6250 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 1.90
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.61
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.16
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.60
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.04
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.19
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5CF72 #7288E5
analogous
#E59672 #E5CF72 #C1E572
triadic
#E5CF72 #72E5CF #CF72E5
tetradic
#E5CF72 #72E596 #7288E5 #E572C1
square
#E5CF72 #72E596 #7288E5 #E572C1
split-complementary
#E5CF72 #72C1E5 #9672E5
monochromatic
#BA9D22 #DBBD3E #E5CF72 #EFE1A6 #F8F2D9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#E5CF72 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.50
#E5CF72 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5CF72
13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5CF72 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5CF72 | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.50 | 13.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFCB6A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D276
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4C3B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5cf72; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 207, 114); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.116 96.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efdd9c',
500: '#e5cf72',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5cf72; $custom-light: #efdd9c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5cf72",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 207,
"b": 114
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.522,
"s": 68.862,
"l": 67.255
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85358,
"c": 0.11636,
"h": 96.4
},
"luminance": 0.62499
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5CF72
secondary
#4158BA
accent
#39D115
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F