#E9EC61#E9EC61

#E9EC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.160 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC61
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.86, -18.39, 65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.86, 67.79, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(91.49% -0.0555 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(91.49% 0.16 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.7592, 78.1792, 22.9330)
Luminance	0.7818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC61 #6461EC

analogous

#ECA961 #E9EC61 #A3EC61

triadic

#E9EC61 #61E9EC #EC61E9

tetradic

#E9EC61 #61ECA9 #6461EC #EC61A3

square

#E9EC61 #61ECA9 #6461EC #EC61A3

split-complementary

#E9EC61 #61A3EC #A961EC

monochromatic

#B8BC17 #E1E52A #E9EC61 #F1F398 #F8F9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9EC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#E9EC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC61

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC61	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.160 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f293',
    500: '#e9ec61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec61;
$custom-light: #f3f293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.295,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91487,
    "c": 0.15959,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC61

secondary

#3936BB

accent

#0BDB0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC61

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

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