#E9EC6C#E9EC6C

#E9EC6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.150 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC6C
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 108)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 54.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.96, -17.59, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.96, 63.12, 106.18°)
OKLab	oklab(91.6% -0.0521 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(91.6% 0.15 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.3082, 78.3988, 25.8240)
Luminance	0.7840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC6C #6F6CEC

analogous

#ECAF6C #E9EC6C #A9EC6C

triadic

#E9EC6C #6CE9EC #EC6CE9

tetradic

#E9EC6C #6CECAF #6F6CEC #EC6CA9

square

#E9EC6C #6CECAF #6F6CEC #EC6CA9

split-complementary

#E9EC6C #6CA9EC #AF6CEC

monochromatic

#C0C419 #E1E536 #E9EC6C #F1F3A2 #F9FAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9EC6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#E9EC6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC6C

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC6C	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)

#FCE35F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.150 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f29a',
    500: '#e9ec6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec6c;
$custom-light: #f2f29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.406,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91599,
    "c": 0.15035,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC6C

secondary

#3D3AC2

accent

#0CD911

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC6C

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

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