#E8EC5F#E8EC5F

#E8EC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.161 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EC5F
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 95)
HSL	hsl(62, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.77, -18.92, 65.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.77, 68.62, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(91.39% -0.0571 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.161 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.3416, 77.9745, 22.4328)
Luminance	0.7797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EC5F #635FEC

analogous

#ECA95F #E8EC5F #A2EC5F

triadic

#E8EC5F #5FE8EC #EC5FE8

tetradic

#E8EC5F #5FECA9 #635FEC #EC5FA2

square

#E8EC5F #5FECA9 #635FEC #EC5FA2

split-complementary

#E8EC5F #5FA2EC #A95FEC

monochromatic

#B6BA16 #E0E628 #E8EC5F #F0F296 #F8F9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E8EC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#E8EC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EC5F

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EC5F	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)

#FDE24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ec5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.161 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f292',
    500: '#e8ec5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ec5f;
$custom-light: #f2f292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ec5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.702,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91388,
    "c": 0.16136,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EC5F

secondary

#3936BA

accent

#0ADB10

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EC5F

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

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