#E5E072#E5E072

#E5E072 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.133 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E072
RGB	rgb(229, 224, 114)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 50.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.58, -12.80, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.58, 55.38, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(88.85% -0.0376 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(88.85% 0.133 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.0076, 71.1860, 26.3902)
Luminance	0.7118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E072 #7277E5

analogous

#E5A672 #E5E072 #B1E572

triadic

#E5E072 #72E5E0 #E072E5

tetradic

#E5E072 #72E5A6 #7277E5 #E572B1

square

#E5E072 #72E5A6 #7277E5 #E572B1

split-complementary

#E5E072 #72B1E5 #A672E5

monochromatic

#BAB422 #DBD53E #E5E072 #EFEBA6 #F8F7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E5E072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#E5E072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E072

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E072	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 224, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.133 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe99d',
    500: '#e5e072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e072;
$custom-light: #efe99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88845,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E072

secondary

#4146BA

accent

#1DD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E072

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

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