#E5EC5E#E5EC5E

#E5EC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.163 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EC5E
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 94)
HSL	hsl(63, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.53, -20.19, 66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.53, 69.07, 107.00°)
OKLab	oklab(91.14% -0.0606 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(91.14% 0.163 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.3306, 77.4585, 22.1497)
Luminance	0.7746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EC5E #655EEC

analogous

#ECAC5E #E5EC5E #9EEC5E

triadic

#E5EC5E #5EE5EC #EC5EE5

tetradic

#E5EC5E #5EECAC #655EEC #EC5E9E

square

#E5EC5E #5EECAC #655EEC #EC5E9E

split-complementary

#E5EC5E #5E9EEC #AC5EEC

monochromatic

#B2BA16 #DCE627 #E5EC5E #EEF295 #F7F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E5EC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#E5EC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EC5E

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EC5E	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ec5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.163 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f291',
    500: '#e5ec5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ec5e;
$custom-light: #f0f291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ec5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.958,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91141,
    "c": 0.16275,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EC5E

secondary

#3C35B9

accent

#0ADB15

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EC5E

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

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