#E9EC4D#E9EC4D

#E9EC4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.174 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC4D
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 77)
HSL	hsl(61, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.71, -19.58, 72.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.71, 75.55, 105.02°)
OKLab	oklab(91.32% -0.0608 0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(91.32% 0.174 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.9414, 77.8521, 18.6258)
Luminance	0.7785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC4D #504DEC

analogous

#ECA04D #E9EC4D #9AEC4D

triadic

#E9EC4D #4DE9EC #EC4DE9

tetradic

#E9EC4D #4DECA0 #504DEC #EC4D9A

square

#E9EC4D #4DECA0 #504DEC #EC4D9A

split-complementary

#E9EC4D #4D9AEC #A04DEC

monochromatic

#A9AC12 #E0E418 #E9EC4D #F0F284 #F7F8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E9EC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#E9EC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC4D

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC4D	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.174 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f188',
    500: '#e9ec4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec4d;
$custom-light: #f4f188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.132,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9132,
    "c": 0.17402,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC4D

secondary

#3230AD

accent

#08DD0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC4D

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

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