#E5E772#E5E772

#E5E772 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.140 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E772
RGB	rgb(229, 231, 114)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(61, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 50.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.41, -16.25, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.41, 58.35, 106.17°)
OKLab	oklab(90.3% -0.0474 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(90.3% 0.14 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.9277, 75.0262, 27.0303)
Luminance	0.7502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E772 #7472E7

analogous

#E7AF72 #E5E772 #AAE772

triadic

#E5E772 #72E5E7 #E772E5

tetradic

#E5E772 #72E7AF #7472E7 #E772AA

square

#E5E772 #72E7AF #7472E7 #E772AA

split-complementary

#E5E772 #72AAE7 #AF72E7

monochromatic

#BCBE20 #DBDE3E #E5E772 #EFF0A6 #F8F9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E5E772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#E5E772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E772

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E772	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 231, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.140 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efee9d',
    500: '#e5e772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e772;
$custom-light: #efee9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.026,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90302,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E772

secondary

#4240BD

accent

#13D316

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E772

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

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