#E5EC53#E5EC53

#E5EC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.171 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EC53
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 83)
HSL	hsl(63, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.45, -20.88, 70.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.45, 73.38, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(91.05% -0.0636 0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(91.05% 0.171 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.8718, 77.2749, 19.7329)
Luminance	0.7727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EC53 #5A53EC

analogous

#ECA653 #E5EC53 #99EC53

triadic

#E5EC53 #53E5EC #EC53E5

tetradic

#E5EC53 #53ECA6 #5A53EC #EC5399

square

#E5EC53 #53ECA6 #5A53EC #EC5399

split-complementary

#E5EC53 #5399EC #A653EC

monochromatic

#AAB114 #DDE61C #E5EC53 #EDF28A #F6F8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E5EC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#E5EC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EC53

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EC53	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ec53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.171 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f28b',
    500: '#e5ec53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ec53;
$custom-light: #f1f28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ec53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.745,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91047,
    "c": 0.17087,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EC53

secondary

#3832B1

accent

#09DC13

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EC53

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

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