#E5EC55#E5EC55

#E5EC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.169 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5EC55
RGBrgb(229, 236, 85)
HSLhsl(63, 80%, 63%)
HSVhsv(63, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 0%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(90.46, -20.76, 69.59)
CIE-LCHlch(90.46, 72.62, 106.61°)
OKLaboklab(91.06% -0.0631 0.1573)
OKLCHoklch(91.06% 0.169 111.9)
XYZxyz(63.9501, 77.3063, 20.1454)
Luminance0.7731 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5EC55 #5C55EC
analogous
#ECA755 #E5EC55 #9AEC55
triadic
#E5EC55 #55E5EC #EC55E5
tetradic
#E5EC55 #55ECA7 #5C55EC #EC559A
square
#E5EC55 #55ECA7 #5C55EC #EC559A
split-complementary
#E5EC55 #559AEC #A755EC
monochromatic
#ABB314 #DDE61E #E5EC55 #EDF28C #F6F8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28
#E5EC55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46
#E5EC55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EC55
16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5EC55#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5EC551.001.2816.4616.46
#FFFFFF1.281.0021.0021.00
#00000016.4621.001.001.00
##00000016.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FDE241
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FEE65F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4DECD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5ec55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.169 111.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f28c',
    500: '#e5ec55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5ec55;
$custom-light: #f0f28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5ec55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.781,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91063,
    "c": 0.16947,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5EC55
secondary
#3833B3
accent
#09DC13
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EC55

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#E5EC55 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva