#E9EC6E#E9EC6E

#E9EC6E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.149 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC6E
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 110)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.98, -17.43, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.98, 62.24, 106.27°)
OKLab	oklab(91.62% -0.0514 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(91.62% 0.149 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.4158, 78.4419, 26.3910)
Luminance	0.7844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC6E #716EEC

analogous

#ECB06E #E9EC6E #AAEC6E

triadic

#E9EC6E #6EE9EC #EC6EE9

tetradic

#E9EC6E #6EECB0 #716EEC #EC6EAA

square

#E9EC6E #6EECB0 #716EEC #EC6EAA

split-complementary

#E9EC6E #6EAAEC #B06EEC

monochromatic

#C2C61A #E1E538 #E9EC6E #F1F3A4 #F9FADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9EC6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#E9EC6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC6E

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC6E	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE361

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.149 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f29b',
    500: '#e9ec6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec6e;
$custom-light: #f2f29b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.429,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91621,
    "c": 0.14859,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC6E

secondary

#3E3BC3

accent

#0CD911

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC6E

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

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