#E5E372#E5E372

#E5E372 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.136 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E372
RGB	rgb(229, 227, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 50.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.36, -14.28, 54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.36, 56.64, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(89.47% -0.0418 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(89.47% 0.136 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.8210, 72.8127, 26.6613)
Luminance	0.7281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E372 #7274E5

analogous

#E5AA72 #E5E372 #ADE572

triadic

#E5E372 #72E5E3 #E372E5

tetradic

#E5E372 #72E5AA #7274E5 #E572AD

square

#E5E372 #72E5AA #7274E5 #E572AD

split-complementary

#E5E372 #72ADE5 #AA72E5

monochromatic

#BAB822 #DBD93E #E5E372 #EFEDA6 #F8F8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5E372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E5E372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E372

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E372	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 227, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.136 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeb9d',
    500: '#e5e372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e372;
$custom-light: #efeb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89468,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E372

secondary

#4143BA

accent

#18D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E372

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

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