#E9EC5A#E9EC5A

#E9EC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.165 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC5A
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 90)
HSL	hsl(61, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.80, -18.84, 68.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.80, 70.62, 105.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.42% -0.0575 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(91.42% 0.165 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.4471, 78.0544, 21.2893)
Luminance	0.7805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC5A #5D5AEC

analogous

#ECA65A #E9EC5A #A0EC5A

triadic

#E9EC5A #5AE9EC #EC5AE9

tetradic

#E9EC5A #5AECA6 #5D5AEC #EC5AA0

square

#E9EC5A #5AECA6 #5D5AEC #EC5AA0

split-complementary

#E9EC5A #5AA0EC #A65AEC

monochromatic

#B3B715 #E2E623 #E9EC5A #F0F291 #F8F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9EC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#E9EC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC5A

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC5A	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.165 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f18f',
    500: '#e9ec5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec5a;
$custom-light: #f3f18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.233,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91423,
    "c": 0.16499,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC5A

secondary

#3734B6

accent

#0ADC0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC5A

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

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