#E5EC59#E5EC59

#E5EC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.167 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5EC59
RGBrgb(229, 236, 89)
HSLhsl(63, 79%, 64%)
HSVhsv(63, 62%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 0%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(90.49, -20.51, 68.04)
CIE-LCHlch(90.49, 71.07, 106.78°)
OKLaboklab(91.1% -0.062 0.1546)
OKLCHoklch(91.1% 0.167 111.9)
XYZxyz(64.1135, 77.3716, 21.0061)
Luminance0.7737 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5EC59 #6059EC
analogous
#ECA959 #E5EC59 #9BEC59
triadic
#E5EC59 #59E5EC #EC59E5
tetradic
#E5EC59 #59ECA9 #6059EC #EC599B
square
#E5EC59 #59ECA9 #6059EC #EC599B
split-complementary
#E5EC59 #599BEC #A959EC
monochromatic
#AEB615 #DCE622 #E5EC59 #EEF290 #F6F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27
#E5EC59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47
#E5EC59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EC59
16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5EC59#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5EC591.001.2716.4716.47
#FFFFFF1.271.0021.0021.00
#00000016.4721.001.001.00
##00000016.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FDE246
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FEE663
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4DECE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5ec59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.167 111.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f28e',
    500: '#e5ec59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5ec59;
$custom-light: #f0f28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5ec59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91096,
    "c": 0.16656,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5EC59
secondary
#3A34B5
accent
#0ADC14
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EC59

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

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#E5EC59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva