#E5EC72#E5EC72

#E5EC72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.146 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EC72
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 114)
HSL	hsl(63, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(63, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.72, -18.69, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.72, 60.53, 107.99°)
OKLab	oklab(91.35% -0.0544 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(91.35% 0.146 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.3472, 77.8651, 27.5034)
Luminance	0.7786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EC72 #7972EC

analogous

#ECB672 #E5EC72 #A8EC72

triadic

#E5EC72 #72E5EC #EC72E5

tetradic

#E5EC72 #72ECB6 #7972EC #EC72A8

square

#E5EC72 #72ECB6 #7972EC #EC72A8

split-complementary

#E5EC72 #72A8EC #B672EC

monochromatic

#BFC91B #DBE53C #E5EC72 #EFF3A8 #F9FBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E5EC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#E5EC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EC72

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EC72	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ec72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.146 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eff29e',
    500: '#e5ec72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ec72;
$custom-light: #eff29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ec72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.443,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9135,
    "c": 0.14569,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EC72

secondary

#463EC4

accent

#0DD819

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EC72

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

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