#E9EC74#E9EC74

#E9EC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.143 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC74
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 116)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(62, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.04, -16.95, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.04, 59.58, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0494 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.143 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.7536, 78.5770, 28.1700)
Luminance	0.7857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC74 #7774EC

analogous

#ECB374 #E9EC74 #ADEC74

triadic

#E9EC74 #74E9EC #EC74E9

tetradic

#E9EC74 #74ECB3 #7774EC #EC74AD

square

#E9EC74 #74ECB3 #7774EC #EC74AD

split-complementary

#E9EC74 #74ADEC #B374EC

monochromatic

#C6CA1C #E0E53E #E9EC74 #F2F3AA #FAFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9EC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#E9EC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC74

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC74	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.143 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f29f',
    500: '#e9ec74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec74;
$custom-light: #f2f29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9169,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC74

secondary

#4340C5

accent

#0DD812

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC74

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

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