#E8EC5A#E8EC5A

#E8EC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.165 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EC5A
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 90)
HSL	hsl(62, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.73, -19.24, 67.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.73, 70.63, 105.81°)
OKLab	oklab(91.34% -0.0585 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(91.34% 0.165 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.1215, 77.8865, 21.2740)
Luminance	0.7789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EC5A #5E5AEC

analogous

#ECA75A #E8EC5A #9FEC5A

triadic

#E8EC5A #5AE8EC #EC5AE8

tetradic

#E8EC5A #5AECA7 #5E5AEC #EC5A9F

square

#E8EC5A #5AECA7 #5E5AEC #EC5A9F

split-complementary

#E8EC5A #5A9FEC #A75AEC

monochromatic

#B2B715 #E0E623 #E8EC5A #F0F291 #F7F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E8EC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#E8EC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EC5A

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EC5A	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ec5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.165 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f18f',
    500: '#e8ec5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ec5a;
$custom-light: #f2f18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ec5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.644,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91343,
    "c": 0.16519,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EC5A

secondary

#3834B6

accent

#0ADC10

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EC5A

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

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