#E9EC76#E9EC76

#E9EC76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.141 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC76
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 118)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(62, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 50%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.06, -16.78, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.06, 58.68, 106.62°)
OKLab	oklab(91.71% -0.0488 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(91.71% 0.141 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.8712, 78.6240, 28.7893)
Luminance	0.7862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC76 #7976EC

analogous

#ECB476 #E9EC76 #AEEC76

triadic

#E9EC76 #76E9EC #EC76E9

tetradic

#E9EC76 #76ECB4 #7976EC #EC76AE

square

#E9EC76 #76ECB4 #7976EC #EC76AE

split-complementary

#E9EC76 #76AEEC #B476EC

monochromatic

#C7CB1C #E0E540 #E9EC76 #F2F3AC #FAFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9EC76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#E9EC76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC76

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC76	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)

#FCE36B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.141 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f2a0',
    500: '#e9ec76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec76;
$custom-light: #f2f2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.525,
    "s": 75.641,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91713,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC76

secondary

#4541C5

accent

#0ED813

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC76

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

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