#E9EC79#E9EC79

#E9EC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.138 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC79
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 121)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(62, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.10, -16.52, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.10, 57.31, 106.75°)
OKLab	oklab(91.75% -0.0477 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(91.75% 0.138 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.0523, 78.6965, 29.7432)
Luminance	0.7870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC79 #7C79EC

analogous

#ECB579 #E9EC79 #B0EC79

triadic

#E9EC79 #79E9EC #EC79E9

tetradic

#E9EC79 #79ECB5 #7C79EC #EC79B0

square

#E9EC79 #79ECB5 #7C79EC #EC79B0

split-complementary

#E9EC79 #79B0EC #B579EC

monochromatic

#C9CD1D #E0E443 #E9EC79 #F2F4AF #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E9EC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.74

#E9EC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC79

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC79	1.00	1.25	16.74	16.74
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.138 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f2a2',
    500: '#e9ec79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec79;
$custom-light: #f2f2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.565,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9175,
    "c": 0.13838,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC79

secondary

#4844C5

accent

#0ED713

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC79

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

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