#E9EC62#E9EC62

#E9EC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.159 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC62
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 98)
HSL	hsl(61, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.87, -18.32, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.87, 67.38, 105.78°)
OKLab	oklab(91.5% -0.0552 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(91.5% 0.159 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.8062, 78.1980, 23.1801)
Luminance	0.7820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC62 #6562EC

analogous

#ECAA62 #E9EC62 #A4EC62

triadic

#E9EC62 #62E9EC #EC62E9

tetradic

#E9EC62 #62ECAA #6562EC #EC62A4

square

#E9EC62 #62ECAA #6562EC #EC62A4

split-complementary

#E9EC62 #62A4EC #AA62EC

monochromatic

#B9BD17 #E1E52B #E9EC62 #F1F399 #F8F9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9EC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#E9EC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC62

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC62	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)

#FDE352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.159 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f294',
    500: '#e9ec62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec62;
$custom-light: #f3f294;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.304,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91497,
    "c": 0.15878,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC62

secondary

#3A37BC

accent

#0BDB0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC62

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

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