#E5EC97#E5EC97

#E5EC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.107 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EC97
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 151)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(65, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.18, -15.03, 40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.18, 43.17, 110.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.87% -0.0409 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(91.87% 0.108 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.8949, 78.8842, 40.9217)
Luminance	0.7888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EC97 #9E97EC

analogous

#ECC897 #E5EC97 #BAEC97

triadic

#E5EC97 #97E5EC #EC97E5

tetradic

#E5EC97 #97ECC8 #9E97EC #EC97BA

square

#E5EC97 #97ECC8 #9E97EC #EC97BA

split-complementary

#E5EC97 #97BAEC #C897EC

monochromatic

#CBD930 #D8E363 #E5EC97 #F2F5CB #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E5EC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#E5EC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EC97

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EC97	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFE3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ec97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.107 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eef2b6',
    500: '#e5ec97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ec97;
$custom-light: #eef2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ec97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.941,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9187,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EC97

secondary

#6860C8

accent

#14D124

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EC97

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

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