#E5D772#E5D772

#E5D772 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.124 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D772
RGB	rgb(229, 215, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 50.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, -8.28, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 51.77, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0246 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.124 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.6525, 66.4758, 25.6052)
Luminance	0.6647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D772 #7280E5

analogous

#E59E72 #E5D772 #B9E572

triadic

#E5D772 #72E5D7 #D772E5

tetradic

#E5D772 #72E59E #7280E5 #E572B9

square

#E5D772 #72E59E #7280E5 #E572B9

split-complementary

#E5D772 #72B9E5 #9E72E5

monochromatic

#BAA822 #DBC83E #E5D772 #EFE6A6 #F8F4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E5D772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#E5D772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D772

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D772	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D169

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 215, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.124 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe39d',
    500: '#e5d772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d772;
$custom-light: #efe39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86989,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D772

secondary

#4150BA

accent

#2CD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D772

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

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