#E7E272#E7E272

#E7E272 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.135 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E272
RGB	rgb(231, 226, 114)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 50.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.26, -12.99, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.26, 56.24, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(89.43% -0.0382 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(89.43% 0.135 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.1903, 72.5983, 26.6005)
Luminance	0.7260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E272 #7277E7

analogous

#E7A872 #E7E272 #B1E772

triadic

#E7E272 #72E7E2 #E272E7

tetradic

#E7E272 #72E7A8 #7277E7 #E772B1

square

#E7E272 #72E7A8 #7277E7 #E772B1

split-complementary

#E7E272 #72B1E7 #A872E7

monochromatic

#BEB720 #DED73E #E7E272 #F0EDA6 #F9F8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E7E272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E7E272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E272

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E272	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 226, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.135 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea9d',
    500: '#e7e272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e272;
$custom-light: #f1ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89425,
    "c": 0.13451,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E272

secondary

#4045BD

accent

#1BD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E272

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

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