#E5EC48#E5EC48

#E5EC48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.178 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EC48
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 72)
HSL	hsl(63, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 69.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.38, -21.46, 74.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.38, 77.35, 106.11°)
OKLab	oklab(90.97% -0.0663 0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(90.97% 0.178 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.4803, 77.1183, 17.6710)
Luminance	0.7712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EC48 #4F48EC

analogous

#ECA148 #E5EC48 #93EC48

triadic

#E5EC48 #48E5EC #EC48E5

tetradic

#E5EC48 #48ECA1 #4F48EC #EC4893

square

#E5EC48 #48ECA1 #4F48EC #EC4893

split-complementary

#E5EC48 #4893EC #A148EC

monochromatic

#A2A811 #D7E017 #E5EC48 #EDF27F #F5F8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E5EC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#E5EC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EC48

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EC48	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ec48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.178 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f185',
    500: '#e5ec48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ec48;
$custom-light: #f1f185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ec48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.561,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90966,
    "c": 0.17802,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EC48

secondary

#342FAA

accent

#08DE11

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EC48

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

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