#E9EC57#E9EC57

#E9EC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.167 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC57
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.78, -19.02, 69.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.78, 71.80, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(91.4% -0.0583 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(91.4% 0.167 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.3220, 78.0044, 20.6303)
Luminance	0.7800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC57 #5A57EC

analogous

#ECA457 #E9EC57 #9EEC57

triadic

#E9EC57 #57E9EC #EC57E9

tetradic

#E9EC57 #57ECA4 #5A57EC #EC579E

square

#E9EC57 #57ECA4 #5A57EC #EC579E

split-complementary

#E9EC57 #579EEC #A457EC

monochromatic

#B1B414 #E2E620 #E9EC57 #F0F28E #F7F8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E9EC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#E9EC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC57

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC57	1.00	1.27	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.167 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f18d',
    500: '#e9ec57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec57;
$custom-light: #f3f18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.208,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91398,
    "c": 0.1672,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC57

secondary

#3633B4

accent

#0ADC0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC57

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

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