#E9EC65#E9EC65

#E9EC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.156 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC65
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 101)
HSL	hsl(61, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.90, -18.11, 63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.90, 66.12, 105.89°)
OKLab	oklab(91.53% -0.0543 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(91.53% 0.156 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.9505, 78.2557, 23.9402)
Luminance	0.7825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC65 #6865EC

analogous

#ECAB65 #E9EC65 #A5EC65

triadic

#E9EC65 #65E9EC #EC65E9

tetradic

#E9EC65 #65ECAB #6865EC #EC65A5

square

#E9EC65 #65ECAB #6865EC #EC65A5

split-complementary

#E9EC65 #65A5EC #AB65EC

monochromatic

#BBBF18 #E1E52F #E9EC65 #F1F39B #F9F9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9EC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#E9EC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC65

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC65	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE76D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.156 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f296',
    500: '#e9ec65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec65;
$custom-light: #f3f296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.333,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91526,
    "c": 0.15633,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC65

secondary

#3B38BE

accent

#0BDA10

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC65

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

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