#E9EC8A#E9EC8A

#E9EC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.121 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC8A
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(62, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.30, -14.91, 47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.30, 49.37, 107.58°)
OKLab	oklab(91.98% -0.0416 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(91.98% 0.121 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.1882, 79.1508, 35.7254)
Luminance	0.7915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC8A #8D8AEC

analogous

#ECBE8A #E9EC8A #B8EC8A

triadic

#E9EC8A #8AE9EC #EC8AE9

tetradic

#E9EC8A #8AECBE #8D8AEC #EC8AB8

square

#E9EC8A #8AECBE #8D8AEC #EC8AB8

split-complementary

#E9EC8A #8AB8EC #BE8AEC

monochromatic

#D3D823 #DFE355 #E9EC8A #F3F5BF #FAFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E9EC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#E9EC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC8A

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC8A	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.121 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f2ae',
    500: '#e9ec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec8a;
$custom-light: #f1f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.837,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91981,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC8A

secondary

#5754C7

accent

#11D417

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC8A

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

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