#E8EC5D#E8EC5D

#E8EC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.163 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EC5D
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 93)
HSL	hsl(62, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.75, -19.05, 66.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.75, 69.43, 105.93°)
OKLab	oklab(91.37% -0.0577 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(91.37% 0.163 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.2518, 77.9386, 21.9602)
Luminance	0.7794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EC5D #615DEC

analogous

#ECA85D #E8EC5D #A1EC5D

triadic

#E8EC5D #5DE8EC #EC5DE8

tetradic

#E8EC5D #5DECA8 #615DEC #EC5DA1

square

#E8EC5D #5DECA8 #615DEC #EC5DA1

split-complementary

#E8EC5D #5DA1EC #A85DEC

monochromatic

#B4B916 #E0E626 #E8EC5D #F0F294 #F8F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E8EC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#E8EC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EC5D

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EC5D	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ec5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.163 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f291',
    500: '#e8ec5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ec5d;
$custom-light: #f2f291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ec5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.678,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9137,
    "c": 0.16291,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EC5D

secondary

#3935B8

accent

#0ADB10

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EC5D

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

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