#E5ED72#E5ED72

#E5ED72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.147 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5ED72
RGB	rgb(229, 237, 114)
HSL	hsl(64, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(64, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.98, -19.18, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.98, 60.97, 108.33°)
OKLab	oklab(91.56% -0.0557 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(91.56% 0.147 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.6359, 78.4425, 27.5996)
Luminance	0.7844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5ED72 #7A72ED

analogous

#EDB872 #E5ED72 #A8ED72

triadic

#E5ED72 #72E5ED #ED72E5

tetradic

#E5ED72 #72EDB8 #7A72ED #ED72A8

square

#E5ED72 #72EDB8 #7A72ED #ED72A8

split-complementary

#E5ED72 #72A8ED #B872ED

monochromatic

#BFCB1A #DBE63C #E5ED72 #EFF4A8 #F9FBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E5ED72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#E5ED72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5ED72

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5ED72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5ED72	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ed72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 237, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.147 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eff29e',
    500: '#e5ed72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ed72;
$custom-light: #eff29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ed72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.902,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9156,
    "c": 0.14683,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5ED72

secondary

#473EC6

accent

#0CDA19

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5ED72

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

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