#E9EC4B#E9EC4B

#E9EC4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.175 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC4B
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 75)
HSL	hsl(61, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.70, -19.69, 73.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.70, 76.26, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(91.31% -0.0613 0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(91.31% 0.175 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.8719, 77.8243, 18.2596)
Luminance	0.7782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC4B #4E4BEC

analogous

#EC9E4B #E9EC4B #98EC4B

triadic

#E9EC4B #4BE9EC #EC4BE9

tetradic

#E9EC4B #4BEC9E #4E4BEC #EC4B98

square

#E9EC4B #4BEC9E #4E4BEC #EC4B98

split-complementary

#E9EC4B #4B98EC #9E4BEC

monochromatic

#A8AB12 #DEE218 #E9EC4B #F0F282 #F7F8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E9EC4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#E9EC4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC4B

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC4B	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.175 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f187',
    500: '#e9ec4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec4b;
$custom-light: #f4f187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.118,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91306,
    "c": 0.17529,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC4B

secondary

#3230AC

accent

#08DD0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC4B

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

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