#E5EC62#E5EC62

#E5EC62 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 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EC62
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 98)
HSL	hsl(63, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.57, -19.92, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.57, 67.43, 107.18°)
OKLab	oklab(91.18% -0.0594 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(91.18% 0.16 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.5148, 77.5322, 23.1196)
Luminance	0.7753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EC62 #6962EC

analogous

#ECAE62 #E5EC62 #A0EC62

triadic

#E5EC62 #62E5EC #EC62E5

tetradic

#E5EC62 #62ECAE #6962EC #EC62A0

square

#E5EC62 #62ECAE #6962EC #EC62A0

split-complementary

#E5EC62 #62A0EC #AE62EC

monochromatic

#B4BD17 #DCE52B #E5EC62 #EEF399 #F7F9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E5EC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#E5EC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EC62

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EC62	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ec62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.160 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f294',
    500: '#e5ec62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ec62;
$custom-light: #f0f294;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ec62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.043,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91179,
    "c": 0.15957,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EC62

secondary

#3D37BC

accent

#0BDB15

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EC62

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

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