#E9EC78#E9EC78

#E9EC78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.139 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC78
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 120)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(62, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.09, -16.61, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.09, 57.77, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(91.74% -0.0481 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(91.74% 0.139 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.9913, 78.6721, 29.4219)
Luminance	0.7867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC78 #7B78EC

analogous

#ECB578 #E9EC78 #AFEC78

triadic

#E9EC78 #78E9EC #EC78E9

tetradic

#E9EC78 #78ECB5 #7B78EC #EC78AF

square

#E9EC78 #78ECB5 #7B78EC #EC78AF

split-complementary

#E9EC78 #78AFEC #B578EC

monochromatic

#C8CD1D #E0E442 #E9EC78 #F2F4AE #FAFBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E9EC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#E9EC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC78

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC78	1.00	1.25	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.139 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f2a2',
    500: '#e9ec78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec78;
$custom-light: #f2f2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.552,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91738,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC78

secondary

#4743C5

accent

#0ED713

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC78

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

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