#E5D272#E5D272

#E5D272 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.119 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D272
RGB	rgb(229, 210, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 50.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.95, -5.75, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.95, 49.89, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85.97% -0.0173 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(85.97% 0.119 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.3988, 63.9683, 25.1873)
Luminance	0.6397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D272 #7285E5

analogous

#E59972 #E5D272 #BFE572

triadic

#E5D272 #72E5D2 #D272E5

tetradic

#E5D272 #72E599 #7285E5 #E572BF

square

#E5D272 #72E599 #7285E5 #E572BF

split-complementary

#E5D272 #72BFE5 #9972E5

monochromatic

#BAA122 #DBC23E #E5D272 #EFE2A6 #F8F3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E5D272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#E5D272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D272

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D272	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 210, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.119 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdf9d',
    500: '#e5d272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d272;
$custom-light: #efdf9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85967,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D272

secondary

#4155BA

accent

#34D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D272

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

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