#E5EC4B#E5EC4B

#E5EC4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.176 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EC4B
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 75)
HSL	hsl(63, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.39, -21.31, 73.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.39, 76.31, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(90.99% -0.0656 0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(90.99% 0.176 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.5805, 77.1584, 18.1990)
Luminance	0.7716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EC4B #524BEC

analogous

#ECA24B #E5EC4B #94EC4B

triadic

#E5EC4B #4BE5EC #EC4BE5

tetradic

#E5EC4B #4BECA2 #524BEC #EC4B94

square

#E5EC4B #4BECA2 #524BEC #EC4B94

split-complementary

#E5EC4B #4B94EC #A24BEC

monochromatic

#A4AB12 #D9E218 #E5EC4B #EDF282 #F5F8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E5EC4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#E5EC4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EC4B

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EC4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EC4B	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ec4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.176 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f187',
    500: '#e5ec4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ec4b;
$custom-light: #f1f187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ec4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90987,
    "c": 0.17617,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EC4B

secondary

#3530AC

accent

#08DD12

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EC4B

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

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