#E8EC79#E8EC79

#E8EC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.139 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EC79
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 121)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(62, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.02, -16.91, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.02, 57.32, 107.16°)
OKLab	oklab(91.67% -0.0488 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(91.67% 0.139 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.7267, 78.5286, 29.7279)
Luminance	0.7853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EC79 #7D79EC

analogous

#ECB779 #E8EC79 #AEEC79

triadic

#E8EC79 #79E8EC #EC79E8

tetradic

#E8EC79 #79ECB7 #7D79EC #EC79AE

square

#E8EC79 #79ECB7 #7D79EC #EC79AE

split-complementary

#E8EC79 #79AEEC #B779EC

monochromatic

#C7CD1D #DFE443 #E8EC79 #F1F4AF #FAFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E8EC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#E8EC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EC79

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EC79	1.00	1.26	16.71	16.71
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ec79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.139 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f2a2',
    500: '#e8ec79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ec79;
$custom-light: #f1f2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ec79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.087,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91671,
    "c": 0.13854,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EC79

secondary

#4944C5

accent

#0ED715

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EC79

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

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