#E5E172#E5E172

#E5E172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.134 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E172
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 50.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, -13.29, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 55.80, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.05% -0.039 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(89.05% 0.134 107)
XYZ	xyz(62.2771, 71.7250, 26.4801)
Luminance	0.7172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E172 #7276E5

analogous

#E5A872 #E5E172 #B0E572

triadic

#E5E172 #72E5E1 #E172E5

tetradic

#E5E172 #72E5A8 #7276E5 #E572B0

square

#E5E172 #72E5A8 #7276E5 #E572B0

split-complementary

#E5E172 #72B0E5 #A872E5

monochromatic

#BAB522 #DBD63E #E5E172 #EFECA6 #F8F7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5E172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#E5E172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E172

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E172	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.134 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea9d',
    500: '#e5e172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e172;
$custom-light: #efea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.913,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89052,
    "c": 0.13363,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.71723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E172

secondary

#4145BA

accent

#1BD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E172

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

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