#E1EC5D#E1EC5D

#E1EC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.164 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1EC5D
RGB	rgb(225, 236, 93)
HSL	hsl(65, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.22, -21.86, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.22, 69.57, 108.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% -0.0652 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.164 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.0241, 76.7900, 21.8557)
Luminance	0.7679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1EC5D #685DEC

analogous

#ECAF5D #E1EC5D #9AEC5D

triadic

#E1EC5D #5DE1EC #EC5DE1

tetradic

#E1EC5D #5DECAF #685DEC #EC5D9A

square

#E1EC5D #5DECAF #685DEC #EC5D9A

split-complementary

#E1EC5D #5D9AEC #AF5DEC

monochromatic

#ACB916 #D7E626 #E1EC5D #EBF294 #F5F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E1EC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#E1EC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1EC5D

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1EC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1EC5D	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ec5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 236, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.164 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf291',
    500: '#e1ec5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ec5d;
$custom-light: #edf291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ec5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90819,
    "c": 0.16446,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1EC5D

secondary

#3F35B8

accent

#0ADB1A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1EC5D

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

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