#E8EC5C#E8EC5C

#E8EC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.164 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EC5C
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 92)
HSL	hsl(62, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.74, -19.12, 67.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.74, 69.83, 105.89°)
OKLab	oklab(91.36% -0.058 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(91.36% 0.164 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.2078, 77.9210, 21.7284)
Luminance	0.7792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EC5C #605CEC

analogous

#ECA85C #E8EC5C #A0EC5C

triadic

#E8EC5C #5CE8EC #EC5CE8

tetradic

#E8EC5C #5CECA8 #605CEC #EC5CA0

square

#E8EC5C #5CECA8 #605CEC #EC5CA0

split-complementary

#E8EC5C #5CA0EC #A85CEC

monochromatic

#B4B815 #E0E625 #E8EC5C #F0F293 #F7F9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E8EC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#E8EC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EC5C

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EC5C	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)

#FDE24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ec5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.164 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f190',
    500: '#e8ec5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ec5c;
$custom-light: #f2f190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ec5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91361,
    "c": 0.16368,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EC5C

secondary

#3835B8

accent

#0ADB10

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EC5C

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

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