#E5EC79#E5EC79

#E5EC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.139 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EC79
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 121)
HSL	hsl(64, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(64, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, -18.09, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 57.37, 108.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.43% -0.052 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(91.43% 0.139 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.7610, 78.0306, 29.6827)
Luminance	0.7803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EC79 #8079EC

analogous

#ECB979 #E5EC79 #ACEC79

triadic

#E5EC79 #79E5EC #EC79E5

tetradic

#E5EC79 #79ECB9 #8079EC #EC79AC

square

#E5EC79 #79ECB9 #8079EC #EC79AC

split-complementary

#E5EC79 #79ACEC #B979EC

monochromatic

#C3CD1D #DBE443 #E5EC79 #EFF4AF #FAFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E5EC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#E5EC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EC79

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EC79	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ec79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.139 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eff2a2',
    500: '#e5ec79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ec79;
$custom-light: #eff2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ec79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.652,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91434,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EC79

secondary

#4C44C5

accent

#0ED71A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EC79

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

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