#E9EC6F#E9EC6F

#E9EC6F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.148 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC6F
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 111)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 53%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.99, -17.36, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.99, 61.80, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(91.63% -0.0511 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(91.63% 0.148 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.4706, 78.4638, 26.6793)
Luminance	0.7846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC6F #726FEC

analogous

#ECB06F #E9EC6F #AAEC6F

triadic

#E9EC6F #6FE9EC #EC6FE9

tetradic

#E9EC6F #6FECB0 #726FEC #EC6FAA

square

#E9EC6F #6FECB0 #726FEC #EC6FAA

split-complementary

#E9EC6F #6FAAEC #B06FEC

monochromatic

#C2C61A #E1E539 #E9EC6F #F1F3A5 #FAFADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9EC6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#E9EC6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC6F

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC6F	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)

#FCE363

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.148 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f29c',
    500: '#e9ec6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec6f;
$custom-light: #f2f29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.44,
    "s": 76.687,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91632,
    "c": 0.14769,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC6F

secondary

#3E3BC4

accent

#0DD912

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC6F

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

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