#E5EC61#E5EC61

#E5EC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.160 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EC61
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.56, -19.99, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.56, 67.84, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(91.17% -0.0597 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(91.17% 0.16 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.4679, 77.5134, 22.8725)
Luminance	0.7751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EC61 #6861EC

analogous

#ECAE61 #E5EC61 #9FEC61

triadic

#E5EC61 #61E5EC #EC61E5

tetradic

#E5EC61 #61ECAE #6861EC #EC619F

square

#E5EC61 #61ECAE #6861EC #EC619F

split-complementary

#E5EC61 #619FEC #AE61EC

monochromatic

#B4BC17 #DCE52A #E5EC61 #EEF398 #F7F9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E5EC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#E5EC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EC61

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EC61	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ec61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.160 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f293',
    500: '#e5ec61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ec61;
$custom-light: #f0f293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ec61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.022,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91169,
    "c": 0.16038,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EC61

secondary

#3D36BB

accent

#0BDB15

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EC61

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

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