#E9EC6D#E9EC6D

#E9EC6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.149 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC6D
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 109)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.97, -17.51, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.97, 62.68, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.61% -0.0517 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(91.61% 0.149 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.3617, 78.4202, 26.1059)
Luminance	0.7842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC6D #706DEC

analogous

#ECAF6D #E9EC6D #AAEC6D

triadic

#E9EC6D #6DE9EC #EC6DE9

tetradic

#E9EC6D #6DECAF #706DEC #EC6DAA

square

#E9EC6D #6DECAF #706DEC #EC6DAA

split-complementary

#E9EC6D #6DAAEC #AF6DEC

monochromatic

#C1C51A #E1E537 #E9EC6D #F1F3A3 #F9FAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9EC6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#E9EC6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC6D

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC6D	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)

#FCE360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.149 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f29b',
    500: '#e9ec6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec6d;
$custom-light: #f2f29b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.417,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9161,
    "c": 0.14947,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC6D

secondary

#3E3AC3

accent

#0CD911

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC6D

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

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