#E5EC4D#E5EC4D

#E5EC4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.175 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EC4D
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 77)
HSL	hsl(63, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.41, -21.21, 72.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.41, 75.59, 106.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91% -0.0652 0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(91% 0.175 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.6501, 77.1863, 18.5652)
Luminance	0.7719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EC4D #544DEC

analogous

#ECA44D #E5EC4D #95EC4D

triadic

#E5EC4D #4DE5EC #EC4DE5

tetradic

#E5EC4D #4DECA4 #544DEC #EC4D95

square

#E5EC4D #4DECA4 #544DEC #EC4D95

split-complementary

#E5EC4D #4D95EC #A44DEC

monochromatic

#A5AC12 #DBE418 #E5EC4D #EDF284 #F5F8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E5EC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#E5EC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EC4D

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EC4D	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ec4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.175 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f188',
    500: '#e5ec4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ec4d;
$custom-light: #f1f188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ec4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.642,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91001,
    "c": 0.17489,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EC4D

secondary

#3630AD

accent

#08DD12

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EC4D

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

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