#E5EE72#E5EE72

#E5EE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.148 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EE72
RGB	rgb(229, 238, 114)
HSL	hsl(64, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(64, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.24, -19.66, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.24, 61.42, 108.67°)
OKLab	oklab(91.77% -0.0571 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(91.77% 0.148 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.9262, 79.0232, 27.6964)
Luminance	0.7902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EE72 #7B72EE

analogous

#EEB972 #E5EE72 #A7EE72

triadic

#E5EE72 #72E5EE #EE72E5

tetradic

#E5EE72 #72EEB9 #7B72EE #EE72A7

square

#E5EE72 #72EEB9 #7B72EE #EE72A7

split-complementary

#E5EE72 #72A7EE #B972EE

monochromatic

#C0CD19 #DBE73B #E5EE72 #EFF5A9 #F9FBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E5EE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.80

#E5EE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EE72

16.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EE72	1.00	1.25	16.80	16.80
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ee72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 238, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.148 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eff39e',
    500: '#e5ee72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ee72;
$custom-light: #eff39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ee72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.355,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9177,
    "c": 0.14796,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EE72

secondary

#473DC7

accent

#0BDB1A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EE72

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

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