#E9EC6A#E9EC6A

#E9EC6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.152 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC6A
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 106)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 55.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.94, -17.74, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.94, 63.99, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(91.58% -0.0527 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(91.58% 0.152 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.2029, 78.3567, 25.2698)
Luminance	0.7835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC6A #6D6AEC

analogous

#ECAE6A #E9EC6A #A8EC6A

triadic

#E9EC6A #6AE9EC #EC6AE9

tetradic

#E9EC6A #6AECAE #6D6AEC #EC6AA8

square

#E9EC6A #6AECAE #6D6AEC #EC6AA8

split-complementary

#E9EC6A #6AA8EC #AE6AEC

monochromatic

#BFC319 #E1E534 #E9EC6A #F1F3A0 #F9FAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9EC6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#E9EC6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC6A

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC6A	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.152 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f299',
    500: '#e9ec6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec6a;
$custom-light: #f3f299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.385,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91577,
    "c": 0.1521,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC6A

secondary

#3C39C1

accent

#0CDA11

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC6A

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

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