#E5EC4F#E5EC4F
#E5EC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.174 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5EC4F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 236, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 81%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 67%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3%, 0%, 66.5%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.42, -21.10, 71.83) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(90.42, 74.87, 106.37°) |
| OKLab | oklab(91.02% -0.0647 0.1611) |
| OKLCH | oklch(91.02% 0.174 111.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(63.7218, 77.2149, 18.9429) |
| Luminance | 0.7721 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 2.82
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 3.68
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 4.28
Banana Yellow
#FAFE4B
ΔE00 4.30
Lemon (survey)
#FDFF52
ΔE00 4.50
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 4.63
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5EC4F #564FEC
analogous
#ECA54F #E5EC4F #97EC4F
triadic
#E5EC4F #4FE5EC #EC4FE5
tetradic
#E5EC4F #4FECA5 #564FEC #EC4F97
square
#E5EC4F #4FECA5 #564FEC #EC4F97
split-complementary
#E5EC4F #4F97EC #A54FEC
monochromatic
#A7AE13 #DCE519 #E5EC4F #EDF286 #F5F8BD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.28
#E5EC4F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.44
#E5EC4F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5EC4F
16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5EC4F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5EC4F | 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)
#FDE237
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FEE55A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4DECD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E4E4E4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5ec4f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 79); /* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.174 111.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1f189',
500: '#e5ec4f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5ec4f; $custom-light: #f1f189; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5ec4f",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 236,
"b": 79
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.675,
"s": 80.513,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.91016,
"c": 0.17359,
"h": 111.9
},
"luminance": 0.77213
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5EC4F
secondary
#3631AE
accent
#09DD12
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85857F