#E9EC72#E9EC72

#E9EC72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.145 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC72
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 114)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(61, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.02, -17.11, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.02, 60.47, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.67% -0.0501 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(91.67% 0.145 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.6385, 78.5310, 27.5639)
Luminance	0.7853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC72 #7572EC

analogous

#ECB272 #E9EC72 #ACEC72

triadic

#E9EC72 #72E9EC #EC72E9

tetradic

#E9EC72 #72ECB2 #7572EC #EC72AC

square

#E9EC72 #72ECB2 #7572EC #EC72AC

split-complementary

#E9EC72 #72ACEC #B272EC

monochromatic

#C4C91B #E1E53C #E9EC72 #F1F3A8 #FAFBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9EC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#E9EC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC72

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC72	1.00	1.26	16.71	16.71
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.145 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f29e',
    500: '#e9ec72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec72;
$custom-light: #f2f29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.475,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91666,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC72

secondary

#413EC4

accent

#0DD812

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC72

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

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