#E1EC5B#E1EC5B

#E1EC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.166 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1EC5B
RGB	rgb(225, 236, 91)
HSL	hsl(65, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.21, -21.99, 66.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.21, 70.37, 108.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.8% -0.0658 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(90.8% 0.166 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.9367, 76.7550, 21.3953)
Luminance	0.7675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1EC5B #665BEC

analogous

#ECAF5B #E1EC5B #99EC5B

triadic

#E1EC5B #5BE1EC #EC5BE1

tetradic

#E1EC5B #5BECAF #665BEC #EC5B99

square

#E1EC5B #5BECAF #665BEC #EC5B99

split-complementary

#E1EC5B #5B99EC #AF5BEC

monochromatic

#ABB715 #D7E624 #E1EC5B #EBF292 #F5F9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E1EC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#E1EC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1EC5B

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1EC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1EC5B	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ec5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 236, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.166 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf28f',
    500: '#e1ec5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ec5b;
$custom-light: #edf28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ec5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.552,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90801,
    "c": 0.166,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1EC5B

secondary

#3E34B7

accent

#0ADC1A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1EC5B

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

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