#E5EC99#E5EC99

#E5EC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.105 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EC99
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(65, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.21, -14.80, 39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.21, 42.19, 110.53°)
OKLab	oklab(91.9% -0.0401 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(91.9% 0.105 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.0587, 78.9497, 41.7843)
Luminance	0.7895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EC99 #A099EC

analogous

#ECCA99 #E5EC99 #BCEC99

triadic

#E5EC99 #99E5EC #EC99E5

tetradic

#E5EC99 #99ECCA #A099EC #EC99BC

square

#E5EC99 #99ECCA #A099EC #EC99BC

split-complementary

#E5EC99 #99BCEC #CA99EC

monochromatic

#CBD932 #D8E265 #E5EC99 #F2F6CD #F8FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E5EC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#E5EC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EC99

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EC99	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFE3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.105 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eef2b8',
    500: '#e5ec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ec99;
$custom-light: #eef2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.06,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91903,
    "c": 0.10523,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EC99

secondary

#6A62C8

accent

#15D125

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EC99

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

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