#E5EC6D#E5EC6D

#E5EC6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.150 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EC6D
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 109)
HSL	hsl(63, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.67, -19.10, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.67, 62.74, 107.72°)
OKLab	oklab(91.29% -0.056 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(91.29% 0.15 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.0703, 77.7544, 26.0453)
Luminance	0.7775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EC6D #746DEC

analogous

#ECB36D #E5EC6D #A5EC6D

triadic

#E5EC6D #6DE5EC #EC6DE5

tetradic

#E5EC6D #6DECB3 #746DEC #EC6DA5

square

#E5EC6D #6DECB3 #746DEC #EC6DA5

split-complementary

#E5EC6D #6DA5EC #B36DEC

monochromatic

#BCC51A #DBE537 #E5EC6D #EFF3A3 #F8FAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E5EC6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#E5EC6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EC6D

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EC6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EC6D	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ec6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.150 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f29b',
    500: '#e5ec6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ec6d;
$custom-light: #f0f29b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ec6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.307,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91293,
    "c": 0.15022,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EC6D

secondary

#423AC3

accent

#0CD918

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EC6D

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

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