#E5E27A#E5E27A

#E5E27A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.127 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E27A
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 122)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 46.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.19, -13.08, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.19, 52.50, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(89.36% -0.0376 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.127 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.0237, 72.4575, 29.0743)
Luminance	0.7246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E27A #7A7DE5

analogous

#E5AD7A #E5E27A #B3E57A

triadic

#E5E27A #7AE5E2 #E27AE5

tetradic

#E5E27A #7AE5AD #7A7DE5 #E57AB3

square

#E5E27A #7AE5AD #7A7DE5 #E57AB3

split-complementary

#E5E27A #7AB3E5 #AD7AE5

monochromatic

#BFBB25 #DBD747 #E5E27A #EFEDAD #F9F8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5E27A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#E5E27A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E27A

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E27A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E27A	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e27a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.127 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeaa2',
    500: '#e5e27a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e27a;
$custom-light: #efeaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e27a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.318,
    "s": 67.296,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89362,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E27A

secondary

#474ABD

accent

#1BCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E27A

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

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