#E9EC6B#E9EC6B

#E9EC6B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.151 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC6B
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 107)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 54.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.95, -17.67, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.95, 63.55, 106.14°)
OKLab	oklab(91.59% -0.0524 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(91.59% 0.151 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.2552, 78.3776, 25.5453)
Luminance	0.7838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC6B #6E6BEC

analogous

#ECAE6B #E9EC6B #A9EC6B

triadic

#E9EC6B #6BE9EC #EC6BE9

tetradic

#E9EC6B #6BECAE #6E6BEC #EC6BA9

square

#E9EC6B #6BECAE #6E6BEC #EC6BA9

split-complementary

#E9EC6B #6BA9EC #AE6BEC

monochromatic

#C0C419 #E1E535 #E9EC6B #F1F3A1 #F9FAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9EC6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#E9EC6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC6B

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC6B	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE35E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.151 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f299',
    500: '#e9ec6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec6b;
$custom-light: #f2f299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 77.246,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91588,
    "c": 0.15123,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC6B

secondary

#3D3AC2

accent

#0CD911

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC6B

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

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