#E5EC8A#E5EC8A

#E5EC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.122 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EC8A
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(64, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.00, -16.45, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.00, 49.44, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.67% -0.0458 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(91.67% 0.122 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.8968, 78.4850, 35.6649)
Luminance	0.7848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EC8A #918AEC

analogous

#ECC28A #E5EC8A #B4EC8A

triadic

#E5EC8A #8AE5EC #EC8AE5

tetradic

#E5EC8A #8AECC2 #918AEC #EC8AB4

square

#E5EC8A #8AECC2 #918AEC #EC8AB4

split-complementary

#E5EC8A #8AB4EC #C28AEC

monochromatic

#CBD823 #D9E355 #E5EC8A #F1F5BF #F9FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E5EC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#E5EC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EC8A

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EC8A	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE78F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0E2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.122 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eef2ae',
    500: '#e5ec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ec8a;
$custom-light: #eef2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91666,
    "c": 0.12176,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EC8A

secondary

#5C54C7

accent

#11D41F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EC8A

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

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